The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race.
Better to cry wolf over and over than never to cry wolf at all.
You know, people always warn children about taking candy from strange adults. But they never warn us adults about taking candy from strange children.
You must have your wits about you. No wandering minds allowed.
If I do find out the Secret,I won't be able to tell it to you-you know that right?And that doesn't mean I don't trust you. It's just because I can't. Sometimes even best friends have to keep secrets from each other. " -Cass
When I was younger, I loved graveyards. They weren't spooky so much as mysterious. Each tombstone another story to uncover. Another life to learn about. Now that I'm older - I won't say how old - I hate graveyards. The only life - or rather death - I see in the tombstones is my own.
No wandering minds allowed.
Big Bang is the group I want to be with till I die. I want us to be five members. Forever.
The idea, the pattern, is self-projected; it is a form of self-worship, of self-perpetuation, and hence gratifying.
Modern secular thought has its own dualism: It treats only the physical world as knowable and testable, while locking everything else - mind, spirit, morality, meaning - into the realm of private, subjective feelings. The so-called factvalue split.
I think the guys are starting to rally around my leadership style and the way I do things. I've been waiting for this opportunity my whole life.