“Too much of our lives corresponds to the 'lost-wallet' theory of life. You lose something, spend a long time finding it, and then feel grateful to be back where you started.” FeelsLongLostLosesToo MuchOur LivesTheoryFindingsLong TimeGratefulStatus QuoWalletsTheory Of Life Book:Moving Beyond Words: Essays on Age, Rage, Sex, Power, Money, Muscles: Breaking the Boundaries of Gender Source: Moving Beyond Words: Essays on Age, Rage, Sex, Power, Money, Muscles: Breaking the Boundaries of Gender
“No one thinks anything silly is suitable when they are an adolescent. Such an enormous share of their own behavior is silly that they lose all proper perspective on silliness, like a baker who is nauseated by the sight of his own eclairs. This provides another good argument for the emerging theory that the best use of cryogenics is to freeze all human beings when they are between the ages of twelve and nineteen.” ThinkingHumansUseAgeLosesHuman BeingsShareTheoryPerspectiveBehaviorArgumentSightSillyEnormousTwelveEmergingFreezeSuitableNineteenBakersSillinessEclairs Author:Anna Quindlen
“I've always had a theory that whenever guys and gals start swinging, they begin to lose interest in conquering the world. They just want a comfortable pad and stereo and wheels, and their thoughts turn to the good things of life - not to war. They loosen up, they live and they're more apt to let live.” WorldWantWarGuyTurnsInterestLosesTheoryComfortableGood ThingsConquerWheelsPadsGals Author:Frank Sinatra
“I think about the cosmic snowball theory. A few million years from now the sun will burn out and lose its gravitational pull. The earth will turn into a giant snowball and be hurled through space. When that happens it won't matter if I get this guy out.” IfsThinkingYearsMatterHappensEarthGuyTurnsLosesSpaceMillionsSunTheoryBaseballGiantsCosmicThis GuyBurn OutSnowball Author:Bill Lee
“The more evolutionary theory gets called an atheistic theory, the greater the risk that it will lose its place in public school biology courses in the United States. If the theory is thought of in this way, one should not be surprised if a judge at some point decides that teaching evolutionary theory violates the Constitutional principle of neutrality with respect to religion.” IfsWayShouldStatesSchoolCoursesLosesUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesGreaterRiskTeachingJudgingTheoryBiologyPublic SchoolAtheisticNeutrality Author:Elliott Sober