We [Americans] are game-playing, fun-loving creatures; we are the otters of the universe. — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
“What a sad existence that must be—so focused on the next thing you’re doing, the next place you’re going, that you forget… — Mikki Brammer Copy Share Image
“The whole planet would become one big interconnected web of cameras. It was all too much to fathom, this writhing, seething mass… — Cliff Jones Jr Copy Share Image
It is the fate of modern life that we repeatedly lose touch with nature, the environment, the planet. But we try to… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
We've lost more men to homosexuality than we ever did in two world wars. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
True as this is, it is also true that for one who won through there were many who gained nothing, and it… — Ralph Adams Cram Copy Share Image
It's an essay that Sigmund Freud wrote about E.T.A. Hoffman's short story called "The Sandman" where someone mistakes an inanimate object for… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
I had been reading a lot of J.G. Ballard in the 90's and was fascinated by the idea of the vapid consumer… — Miles Aldridge Copy Share Image
“We have become a nation of thoughtless rushers, intent on doing before thinking , and hoping what we do magically works out.… — Len Holman Copy Share Image
Traveling with children corresponds roughly to traveling third class in Bulgaria. — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
“...we spend more time gazing at luminous screens than into the eyes of our loved ones.” — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
I love to watch those old movies on late-night television, particularly when a couple get up from a champagne dinner in a… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
Songs bring us into connection with each other. When they resonate, when we're in resonance, singing together, we become one for that… — Mary Gauthier Copy Share Image
In my experience, the more people have, the less likely they are to be contented. Indeed, there is abundant evidence that depression… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
“Who today reflects that in the Battle of the Somme alone, where every man was an eager volunteer of ‘Kitchener’s Army’, more… — Arthur Stanley Gould Lee Copy Share Image
“[ On Love After Love by Derek Walcott ] I read this poem often, once a month at least. In the madness… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
“Modern life can create great confusion and we can forget that humanity is an integral component in the natural world.” — Ray Mears Copy Share Image
“In his book "Soft Despotism, Democracy's Drift", Paul Rahe writes, "Human dignity is bound up with taking responsibility for conducting one's own… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
“Users scroll through their feeds and look for something that isn’t there— what a perfect hamster wheel: unlimited content for a lonely… — Karl Kristian Flores Copy Share Image
“It didn’t come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no! Technology, mass exploitation,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence… — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
Our task is to strike a balance, to find a middle way, to learn not to overextend ourselves with extraneous activities and… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“Being in flight is one of the most unnatural, extraordinary, ordinary experiences of modern life. When we climb to 30,000 feet, our… — Phillip Kalantzis-Cope Copy Share Image
“The early settlers amazed her--they had pluck, they led lives of sweaty drama. Theirs was a world of corsets and whipping posts… — Jennifer Vanderbes Copy Share Image