In the real world there is no plot to speak of but plot devices everywhere

Privacy is when everyone can see you but no one is watching Surveillance is when no one can see you

It should come as no surprise when the Emperor with no clothes e… Off with their threads!

The opposite of failure Isn’t success It’s epic failure

Author your own story By questioning your own authority In order to find out What you are trying to control And if, like me

The brain is pattern-seeking And it will keep making the same m… Until it sees the pattern for itse…

I have a prediction to make: We can’t predict the ending But when it’s all said and done Everything will seem obvious For example,

Knowing that everyone agrees you remind them of indoor furniture on the porch tells you nothing about what each of them thinks of you

You need a high in– come to claim the moral high ground on your taxes

Whenever an authority figure says It’s my way or the highway I end up wanting to have it both w…

The conceit of individualism was that you could have a type without even wondering if you might be a type

I know how it must sound– A two-year long two—week lockdown— But let me expound And dish the lowdown: What we fear’s a hoedown

People will only tell the truth when they think they can get away with it For example, perjury laws only wor… by publicly threatening jail time

There are only two real superpowers: unacknowledged plagiarism and begrudging cooperation

In the story of The boy who cried wolf There was no wolf Until there was And there still is