Anorak S Almanac Quotes & Sayings

Being human totally sucks most of the time. Videogames are the only thing that make life bearable. — Ernest Cline

Just because you have teenagers in a movie doesn't make it a teen movie. — Brendan Fehr

As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe. The catastrophe consisted in the splitting up of the world into the realms of matter and mind, and the identification of 'mind' with conscious thinking. The result of this identification was the shallow rationalism of l' esprit Cartesien, and an impoverishment of psychology which it took three centuries to remedy even in part. — Arthur Koestler

I didn't realize how good I was with technology until I met my parents ... my dad told me "You're good; you should be a computer programmer." I said, "You're bad ... you should be a caveman." — Mike Birbiglia

She loved him, even though it was so hard to love anybody else after loving my dad. I think I knew this before she did. — Margaret McMullan

Pulling off a zebra-print dress can be challenging for some. — Iman Abdulmajid

Sometimes I can't believe I'm going to be 60. I always say there's no point moaning about getting older, when there's nothing you can do about it. But still, I do find it quite funny. I look at that number, 60, and I think, 'Really? Me?' — Twiggy

You are always being prepared for something better or protected from something worse. — Iyanla Vanzant

While the cast of characters stays the same, I always try to add in new information so readers get to know the people they care about better with each story. — Jane Cleland

People who live in glass houses should shut the fuck up. — Ernest Cline

I would argue that masturbation is the human animal's most important adaptation. The very cornerstone of our technological civilization. Our hands evolved to grip tools, all right - including our own. You see, thinkers, inventors, and scientists are usually geeks, and geeks have a harder time getting laid than anyone. Without the built-in sexual release valve provided by masturbation, it's doubtful that early humans would have ever mastered the secrets of fire or discovered the wheel. And you can bet that Galileo, Newton, and Einstein never would have made their discoveries if they hadn't first been able to clear their heads by slapping the salami (or "knocking a few protons off the old hydrogen atom"). The same goes for Marie Curie. Before she discovered radium, you can be certain she first discovered the little man in the canoe. — Ernest Cline

For one quarter, Black Tiger lets me escape from my rotten existence for three glorious hours. Pretty good deal. — Ernest Cline

If the guy out in the woods with the Michigan Militia is a real estate negotiator, instead of some crackpot, and has a normal life, that's unnerving. You don't want to think it's as normal as the guy next door, hedging his lawn. It's easier to demonize or separate them off from 'us.' — Michael Moore

Going outside is highly overrated. — Ernest Cline

LEARN FROM FAILURE. If you are an entrepreneur and your first venture wasn't a success, welcome to the club. — Richard Branson

I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate. — David Antin

The difference between a signature and an autograph is that the second one has higher face value on a plain paper than the first one even on a cheque. — Vikrmn