Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries.

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When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world...

When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world...

Too much free time is certainly a monkey's paw in disguise. Most people can't handle...

Too much free time is certainly a monkey's paw in disguise. Most people can't handle...

Where does personality end and brain damage begin?

Where does personality end and brain damage begin?

I think that in the future, clocks won't say three o'clock anymore. They'll just get...

I think that in the future, clocks won't say three o'clock anymore. They'll just get...

If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't...

If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't...

We're rapidly approaching a world comprised entirely of jail and shopping.

We're rapidly approaching a world comprised entirely of jail and shopping.

Technology favors horrible people.

Technology favors horrible people.

Fate is for losers.

Fate is for losers.

I find it hard to believe that human beings are the crowning achievement of life...

I find it hard to believe that human beings are the crowning achievement of life...

Human beings are the only animal that thinks they change who they are simply by...

Human beings are the only animal that thinks they change who they are simply by...

Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long.

Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long.

A ring is a halo on your finger.

A ring is a halo on your finger.

There's nothing cure or funny or lovable about being cheap. It's a total turn-off.

There's nothing cure or funny or lovable about being cheap. It's a total turn-off.

Once you see someone lose it, you can never look at them the same way...

Once you see someone lose it, you can never look at them the same way...

Your body isn't just a body. It's an ecosystem.

Your body isn't just a body. It's an ecosystem.

Everybody has basically the same family, it's just reconfigured slightly differently from one to the...

Everybody has basically the same family, it's just reconfigured slightly differently from one to the...

Canadians can easily 'pass for American' as long as we don't accidentally use metric measurements...

Canadians can easily 'pass for American' as long as we don't accidentally use metric measurements...

The universe hands you opportunities for a while, and if you don't take them, the...

The universe hands you opportunities for a while, and if you don't take them, the...

If our subconscious was attractive, we wouldn't have to bury it down deep within us.

If our subconscious was attractive, we wouldn't have to bury it down deep within us.

Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes,...

Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes,...