mindset Quotes

However much we might deplore the profit motive, or consumerist values, if everyone just wants i-Pods we would probably be better off than if they wanted class revolution.

Regardless of its causes, thoughtlessly blaming the present is a weakness which, even if it is never outlawed, ought to be resisted. Though commonly flaunted as a sign of sophistication, it can be an opportunity for one-upmanship and an excuse for misanthropy, especially against the young.

I like ice hockey. No one is ever going to ask me to write about that as a metaphor for life.

In any dispute, each side thinks it's in the right and the other side is demons.

We can make fun of hockey fans, but someone who enjoys Homer is indulging the same kind of vicarious bloodlust.

I learned to focus my energy on high-quality, long-term projects rather than lower-quality projects with quicker payoffs.

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.