“Erik Erikson coined the term “pseudo-speciation” to describe our xenophobic instinct. It is as if we rejected out of hand the unity of the species, setting up in its place a thousand egregious dichotomies. —Melvin Konner, Why the Reckless Survive” — Oliver Benjamin Copy Share Image
“Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. —Henry Adams” — Oliver Benjamin Copy Share Image
“There ain’t no answer. There ain’t going to be any answer. There never has been an answer. That’s the answer. —Gertrude Stein” — Oliver Benjamin Copy Share Image
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. —Bertrand Russell” — Oliver Benjamin Copy Share Image
“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. —Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide… — Oliver Benjamin Copy Share Image
“Indeed it’s well known that many people don’t “get” The Big Lebowski because they find the plot wanting. Yet what makes the film such… — Oliver Benjamin Copy Share Image
“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. —Frank Zappa” — Oliver Benjamin Copy Share Image
“Beware of the pursuit of the Superhuman: it leads to an indiscriminate contempt for the Human. To a man, horses and dogs and cats… — Oliver Benjamin Copy Share Image
“In the split second where you understand a joke you experience a moment of “enlightenment.” This cannot be achieved by “explaining” the joke, i.e.… — Oliver Benjamin Copy Share Image
“It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. —Oscar Wilde” — Oliver Benjamin Copy Share Image
“The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything. —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe” — Oliver Benjamin Copy Share Image
“Blessed are the goofballs, the crazies, for they refuse to take things seriously. —Rick Stanley” — Oliver Benjamin Copy Share Image
