Asked to surrender his battleship John Paul Jones replied “I have not yet begun to fight!” Asked to surrender my ego trip I replied

The only reason to pursue fame is to forestall the possibility that you’re the kind of person who would die wishing you’d been more famous

Given a choice We prefer A fait accompli

The turning point came after I pegged my happi– ness to the dollar

There is one reason And one reason alone That God won’t ever give up on yo… You are His job And God loves His job

My wife is philosophically opposed to my habit of justifying things, say a bag of the really good kind… with the phrase: I deserve it

A civilization can die From a variety of causes– Famine, conquest, madness, etc. In succumbing to boredom Ours will be the first

Because the ego mustn’t know its real mission lest it go back on accepting it, this message will self-destruct five seconds before life begins:

First they promised us belonging Afterwards they clarified that they meant You belong to us

The quartermaster is responsible f… and nothing more Some of you will be content to half-ass the rest of it Some of you will be willing to ris…

What you have done is unacceptable Nevertheless I accept that God has given it to… So that Like Him and through Him

I won the day when my antagonist branded me a reactionary because, of course, I’m an overreactionary

Now that mindfulness is the official state religion the attention economy will be centrally planned

If you would remake the world In your own image Then I can only imagine You believe you’ve thought of ever…

The US Constitution rules out cruel and unusual punishment but that and a nickel will get you 1% of a cup of coffee now that cruelty is the usual