"You know you've reached a new plateau of group mediocrity when even a Canadian is alarmed by your lack of individuality."

-- Sarah Vowell

#Individuality Quotes #Mediocrity Quotes #Groups Quotes

“I had learned volleyball in the Navy, where all the captains and admirals wanted to be spikers, and I found then that a man who can subdue his own desires and master the art of serving others can make himself invaluable. In choosing sides the team captain always chose the good spikers on the first and second choice, but then the spikers would grab his arm and whisper, 'Take Michener.' I was never chosen lower than third, because I was needed. I wasn't good, but I was faithful.”
“The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization.”
“I took up violin because my best mate had taken it up, so I did likewise.”
“There are zillions of people who say that alcoholism is a disease, but not many of them believe it”
“Hold your Council before Dinner; the full Belly hates Thinking as well as Acting.”
“I'm writing for those people in Kenya, but in Irvine and in New York.”
“One thing that is evident is that [Albert] Camus could never be a 'neutral' man. This is because he was committed; look at his real physical involvement in the Resistance. He took part, there, in the combat against Nazism.”
“Marriage is destinie, made in heaven.”

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