Akinlana Burrowes Quotes & Sayings

Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. — Viktor E. Frankl

What "the public," "the workforce," "the electorate," "consumers," and "the population" all have in common is that they are brought into being by institutionalized frames of action that are inherently bureaucratic, and therefore, profoundly alienating. — David Graeber

Be the exceptional being who separates themselves from the herd and the fate of the herd. — Frederick Lenz

The American citizen lives in a world where fantasy is more real than reality, where the image has more dignity than its original. We hardly dare face our bewilderment, because our ambiguous experience is so pleasantly irridescent, and the solace of belief in contrived reality is so thoroughly real. We have become eager accessories to the great hoaxes of the age. These are the hoaxes we play on ourselves. — Daniel J. Boorstin

Online dating is just a vehicle to meet more people," she says. "It's not the place to actually date." For — Aziz Ansari

I watched the sheets breathe when she breathed, like how Dad used to say that trees inhale when people exhale, because I was too young to understand the truth about biological processes. — Jonathan Safran Foer

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. — George Bernard Shaw

Well, it gives, certainly to my father, who is the one that suffered the most in our family, and understanding of how the ideals of a country are only as good as the people who give it flesh and blood. — George Takei

It's a wonderful thing, the D.T.'s. You can travel the world in a couple of hours. You see some mighty funny and curious things that come in assorted colors. — W.C. Fields