"Social systems proceed by (usually) covering up the brutalities upon which they are based. The doctor doesn't let you get to his door and then turn you away, rather his home address is hard to find. The government handcuffs you so they don't have to shoot you trying to escape. And so on."

-- Tyler Cowen

#Home Quotes #Government Quotes #Doors Quotes

“It is horrid to smirk.”
“Y'all ***** ain't ILL...you're ILLogical.”
“Sometimes you imagine that everything could have been different for you, that if only you had gone right one day when you chose to go left, you would be living a life you could never have anticipated. But at other times you think there was no other way forward--that you were always bound to end up exactly where you have.”

Source : Kevin Brockmeier (2008). “The View from the Seventh Layer: Stories”, p.123, Vintage
“I'm convinced my cockroaches have military training, I set off a roach bomb - they diffused it.”
“There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing what for me is inexpressible by any other means.”
“We have three post-PC devices: the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad, the revolutionary device that defined a whole new categoryit's outstripping the wildest of predictions.”
“But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.”

Source : Song: Still Alive
“Our bodies are exploited so much in the media, I feel like everyone is made to feel like they're not worthy or beautiful.”

Source : "'OTH' Star Shantel VanSanten Will Empower You!". The Insider Interview, www.yahoo.com. January 03, 2012.

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