“I'm definitely in the market for being uncool. There was some funny stuff, like the thing about making sure I show people that I have tattoos and cigarettes so that they know I'm badass. But really, I do have tattoos! And I do smoke cigarettes sometimes, and I can't change that. But I am not badass, by any means. I do some stuff that's tongue-in-cheek, and some stuff that's on the line. And it could be funny, it could be serious, and I never even know myself, because it could be funny that day, and the next day it's totally embarrassing.” PeopleKnowsMeanI CanSometimesShowsNextStuffLinesSeriousTongueSmokeCheeksCigaretteTattooNext DayEmbarrassingBadassCan't ChangeUncoolTongue In CheekFunny Stuff Author:Ryan Adams
“If one defines the term 'dropout' to mean a person who has given up serious effort to meet his responsibilities, then every business office, government agency, golf club and university faculty would yield its quota.” IfsMeanPersonsGovernmentGivenTermWorkEffortResponsibilitySeriousOfficeGolfUniversityClubsAgencyFacultyYieldGiven UpQuotaGolf ClubsDropoutsGovernment Agencies Book:The Recovery of Confidence Source: The Recovery of Confidence
“Just because we can ship organic lettuce from the Salinas Valley, or organic cut flowers from Peru, doesn't mean we should do it, not if we're really serious about energy and seasonality and bioregionalism.” IfsShouldMeanEnergyCuttingSeriousFlowerShipsAlternativesValleysPeruLettuce Author:Joel Salatin
“I mean, Jane Wyman did a lot of silly parts for years and then all of a sudden went serious and was tremendous.” YearsMeanSeriousSillyJaneParting Author:Cleo Moore
“The farmer and the farm, like "the environment," are looked upon, for example, as means to offset trade deficits. The farm is a place where we can externalize costs. The cost of pesticides to the farmer and the cost of the pesticides to the soil and groundwater are regarded similarly by the public: "a serious problem that something ought to be done about." But the problem is more fundamental than this glib statement would indicate, for soil pollution is an expense of production. So are pesticides and nitrates in our farm wells. So is the loss of farmers from the land.” WellsMeanDoneProblemLossEnvironmentLandExampleSeriousOughtCostFundamentalsTradeProductionsStatementsSoilExpensesFarmsFarmersPollutionDeficitPesticidesGroundwater Author:Wes Jackson
“As Western nations became more prosperous, leisure, which had been put off for several centuries in favor of the pursuit of property, the means to leisure, finally began to be of primary concern. But, in the meantime, any notion of the serious life of leisure, as well as men's taste and capacity to live it, had disappeared.” MenWellsMeanNationsCenturySeriousTasteCapacityConcernPropertyWesternNotionFavorsPursuitPrimariesLeisureProsperousSerious Life Author:Allan Bloom