In the latest version of doublespe… A rhetorical question Is shrouded in a question
It’s hard to quantify change We keep running our equations Adding and subtracting everything… From everything we know about God And the numbers don’t add up–
The bad news is that liberal societies can only cohere in the face of external enemies The good news is that we will never lack for
The opposite of modest isn’t immodest, it’s honest The opposite of immodest is confident
At judgment day they put the brief in debriefing by getting right to the point: You could have made a difference– Did you?
Where the Cold War was Spy vs. Spy The Psyberwar is Psy vs. Psy
Everybody wants to rule the world And along come the Jews Claiming that God rules the world But nobody wants God to rule the… Because everybody wants to rule th…
All the games people play Are iterations of the same game: Playing along Playing along is a language game And the only way to win the game
They call it open heart surgery But no one says open brain surgery Because, by default Our minds are closed And the only way to change minds
We’ve got enough to go on That there’s enough for everybody So long as we are tough enough But we couldn’t leave well enough… And soon enough
When I got to the cave at the top of the mountain and asked the hermit What is the meaning of life? she said
Big Brother used to just Cross his fingers To avoid telling the truth Then uncrossed them into a V for Vacancy
The original version’s working title was The Giveth and Taketh Away Tree but Silverstein couldn’t get it published
People complain that Jews stick t… In spite of, or, more likely, beca… That it is why Jews are still her… And always will be Jews stick together because
The narcissist is a two—sided coin… Heads, I need you Tails, I hate you– and the more you meet a narcissist… the more they will hate you
