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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Do I Need a Reservation?

The decisive moment at the gates of heaven
is exactly like the denouement in
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
but with one twist
 
To make you feel the pressure
instead of asking
Is that your final answer?
they ask
Is that your final question?

Otras obras de Chris Gaither...
The Body Is a Sacred Vessel for the Soul; the Internet Is a Gaol for the Disembodied

America hates its poor now more than ever because they are the embodiment of embodiment
We Are Who We Are

The biggest reason I ever did any… Was always my ego Even as a part of me insisted There must be something bigger That part, the heart
Haiku

My wife fell right back in love with me when we came up with a rubric
The Limits of Positive Thinking

The last thing Tony Robbins ever… You’re rather sanguine for somebod… he’s an incurable Pollyanna
You Can’t Learn From the Past, but You Can Reinvent the Wheel

People keep repeating the same mis… Until they learn their lesson But what if the lesson is that History repeats itself? If you’ve skimmed your Nietzsche
Cyborgs Keep Time Without Experiencing It

It’s not just that The civilization I was born into Is gone– This probably happens To most of history’s long-lived
What Do You Think You’re Doing?

Self-discipline is The only real self-indulgence Everything else is self-abnegation
We Are All Inigo Montoya. Yet We All Killed the Name-of-the-Father. And We Are All Preparing to Die.

Civilization began When the sons killed the father And substituted the name-of-the-fa… Civilization is ending Now that we’ve killed off the name…
Look Ma, No Plans!

You can either learn to ride a bik… with no hands in order to show off or to free your hands for another task
“The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand

Jews learned the hard way That because God sanctions God also sanctions– In this lies their certainty about… Most other nations just know
Asked for a Detailed Account of the Present Moment, I Said “No Sweat”

Don’t sweat the small stuff. It’s all big stuff.
Freedom Is Watching Yourself Do It With Your Eyes Closed

You can’t be free of self-consciousness so you have to be free with self-consciousness; we call this condition
Our Hope Is in God; God’s Hope Against Hope Is in Us

Human beings would be hopeless but for God being hopelessly in love with us
We Are All Implicated

My wife fixed me with a stare that said Really, what haven’t you done for…
If a Butterfly Can Cause a Tornado, What Might Cloud Seeding Lead To?

Forecasting the rain in Spain is mainly done in vain



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