People used to kill the goose that laid the golden egg because they wanted more gold

Guilty, I’d pled when left for dead for what I had said but as the undead squeezed my bonehead

For the longest time we were convinced there’s something they’re not tell… But now that they’ve finally told… we can’t stop asking

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

Setting aside crimes of passion, when people commit crimes it’s eit… they think they can get away with… or because they want to get caught Either way, they’re guilty;

Nero fiddles while Rome burns? Fiddle-de-dee! Nero riddles but Rome never learn…

The soul is an appendix made of wo… and while plenty of people function perfectly well without on… much like the physical appendix– which stores good bacteria

Easy to please but problematic to appease

The Kantian ethic of treating oth… never really took off largely because Immanuel overlooke… rather obvious catchy slogan: Love squanders all

In the cold war the gravest danger was recklessnes… which we solved with Mutually Assured Destruction The culture war

Jews will tell you Right up front That they believe They are the chosen people WASPs believe that they believe

I’m not afraid of jumping in front of a bus because I don’t want to jump in front of a bus I am afraid of

How many introverts does it take to change a light bulb? None– We turn to an inner light

I could do a passable moonwalk in socks on linoleum but if I put on one glove I had to take off one sock

The fog is so thick now We’re buried up to our necks in it Our bodies out of sight And out of mind Making the ground beneath our feet