“The best way to bond with someone isn’t doing a favor, it’s asking for one.”Tagged: Making Friends, favors, Quote of the Moment
“You know what it takes to find a truffle? A hog, a dog, whatever keenly scented, carefully trained animal gets the assignment, spends a lifetime traipsing through the dark, sniffing out the slightest aroma. And only then the digging begins. And what do you think they’re digging through?Shit. That’s…”Tagged: Mushrooms, All Is Shit, What We Value
“You know your shopper isn't your friend, personal trainer doesn't think you're actually making progress, and all the charities you give money to don't actually honor you when they honor you.”Tagged: Reality, No One Cares About You, Reality Is Dim
“Legal trouble does not mean you can't fulfill your teleological purpose.”Tagged: Law Won't Stop You, Your Identity Is Stronger Than Any Constraint, Clever Ways of Saying Nothing Will Stop You
“You can't have it appear you're illegally meddling, especially when you're illegally meddling.”Tagged: Illegal Behavior, Meddling
“Why should I trust you to do anything other than point me to the nearest avocado toast?”Tagged: Don't Trust You, insults, Insulting Someone That Has Not Earned Your Trust Yet
“Impose your will on him until he does what he needs to and repays the debt.”Tagged: willpower, Getting What Is Owed To You, Pushing Hard
“Get good at letting go, which is a different kind of freedom.”Tagged: Letting Go, Moving On, Freedom In Moving On
“Oliver: That is tampering. Chuck: No. It's finesse.”Tagged: Cheating Or Strategy?, Grey Ethical Lines, Ethics, Tampering With Evidence, Taking Control of Fate
“Venture Capitalists are just hedge fund managers who can quote the Tibetan Book Of The Dead.”Tagged: Venture Capital
“Inside the government there is no risk. Every action, every moment is backed by the full power and credit suspect as that may be of the United States of America. Everything is all fucking covered by Big State. But for us and for you too now everything is on the line. We don't feel like coming into…”Tagged: Government vs. Private Business
“They would never admit this, but when they first met, when Chuck and I first started dating, they liked each other plenty. More than that, smartest guys in the room. They saw themselves in each other.”Tagged: Are Friends Mirrors or Enemies?
“The fact that you can't fully understand that doesn't mean he's wrong. It just means you haven't gone beyond your own limits.”Tagged: Limits of Knowledge, Pushing Things Beyond Limits, Lack of Knowledge
“Calculation is not something to be scoffed at. It's a tool. A tactic. And I use it proudly and often.”Tagged: Calculation, Conspiracy
“That reminds me of a prayer I said every night as a kid: I pray the Lord my soul to keep, and if I die before I wake, I pray that all my toys should break. So my fucking brother and sister can't play with 'em.”Tagged: Bad Prayers, selfishness, Selfish
“It's yet another fucking accommodation. I got this rich so I could stop making them”Tagged: wealthy, Never Rich Enough To Avoid People