We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes. |
Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time. |
Every single moment is a coincidence. |
Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries. |
Every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's sucking up at least 70 percent of his or her radar. |
We're rapidly approaching a world comprised entirely of jail and shopping. |
Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life. |
Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you. |
I like doing radio because it's so intimate. The moment people hear your voice, you're inside there heads, not only that, you're in there laying eggs. |
Being asked what animal you'd like to be is a trick question; you're already an animal. |
It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend otherwise, you still want them to like you. |
High school is such a shared experience in North American culture. |
The person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger member. |
Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that, it's a pure state of being. |
Depression is when you have lots of love, but no one's taking. |
Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation. |
Adventure without risk is Disneyland. |
Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room. |
God is what keeps us together after the love is gone. |
The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. |