Science doesn’t require that anyone like its conclusions. Not even scientists.
Gunther Pinks, A Paranoid’s Pitiful Propositions.
We need to devise a formal process whereby people—especially celebrities—can nominate themselves to the status of Exemplary Human Being. Where are the lawyers when you need them?
Jackson Currothers III, The View From the Cauldron.
Political Correctness: A way to veil realizations that embarrass us acutely.
Callista Ralph, Alphabet Soup.
Brian was oddly sure that if he were allowed to direct a new version of The Lady in Cement, shot from slightly different camera angles, he would attain perfection.
Grayling Stott, An Inventory of Characters.
It is the empty space that is more important, not the particles.
Dieter Borst, Single Points of Failure.
“Create your own truth.” When the self is the only unquestioned value, that is the inevitable message.
Benjamin Alexis, Thriving Under the Influence.
Before speaking or writing, consider what words you are not permitted to say and then look around you and figure out whom or what you are not allowed to criticize. Then, proceed with your freedom of expression.
Cooper W. Barthelme, A Systems Approach to Advice.
Want to change something? Find the word we use to refer to this thing, and just change the definition of that word. Marx meets Derrida (at the Barnum and Bailey Circus).
Rollo Marquardt, Dwelling in the Cupcake World.
Thomas has developed a theory of economics, and that theory can be stated in nine brief sentences.
Grayling Stott, An Inventory of Characters.
Ours is a culture of short-cuts. Modernist art , therefore, should come as no surprise.
Austin Janes, The Great Book of Admissions.
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