A Little Bit of Anything
“Both the poor and the rich have always found precisely the same grounds on which to complain about each other. Each feels the other has no manners, is disloyal, corrupt, insensitive — and has never put in an honest day’s work in its life.” — Elaine Dundy, Elvis and Gladys
“You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.” — Charles Bukowski, “Too Sensitive”, Tales of Ordinary Madness
“To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.” — Will Durant, “We Have a Right To Be Happy Today“, Webb School of Claremont, CA. (1958-06-07)
“Decisions made ‘off the cuff’ can later make us wish that someone had taken us by the elbow.” Michael Wade, Off the Cuff (2017-07-31)
“Periodically, you feel a great surge of protest welling up inside. You want to run to the world’s leaders and yell, ‘Stop! Will you guys stop! Just cut it out!’ But each time you soon simmer down to ponder the real problems of the day. Like, should you or shouldn’t you get a haircut? (Real, because you can do something about it.)” — Paul Krassner, The Realist (December 1958)
“We will prefer even a conspiracy theory or junk theory to no theory at all.” — Christopher Hitchens, Talks at Google
“The very act of trying to run counter to the culture is what creates the next wave of culture people will in turn attempt to counter.” — David McRaney, You Are Not So Smart
