“The psyche will do anything to avoid pain, and when faced with something traumatic, like having to pay, its instinct is to put it off - what Freud called 'Nachträglichkeit' or delayed effect. Credit card and psyche conspire to soften… — Robert Rowland Smith Copy Share Image
“Clothes exist to hide the pubic from the public and therefore make you socially acceptable. The irony is that, precisely because they are a… — Robert Rowland Smith Copy Share Image
“Getting ready is that point in the day when the rivalry between the two needs is likely to peak, because we are making transition… — Robert Rowland Smith Copy Share Image
“Given that Socrates was effectively assassinated by poison, you might think twice before accepting his invitation to breakfast.” — Robert Rowland Smith Copy Share Image
“On the other hand, even if you’re as poor as a church mouse, isn’t it nice to be able to pay, to chuck some… — Robert Rowland Smith Copy Share Image
“Although her disobedience is tragic, Eve’s innocence is not all bad. Certainly, that innocfence leads her to make a poor choice - the very… — Robert Rowland Smith Copy Share Image
“[Roland] Barthes turned the thable on the author, saying no only the a book needs a reader to wake it into life, but that… — Robert Rowland Smith Copy Share Image
“The debt we owe our parents can never be squared, and jolly good too, because doing so would threaten to nullify all relationship, all… — Robert Rowland Smith Copy Share Image
“The associations get only richer and more intense when you realise that the very concept of truth - the cornerstone of philosophy and religion… — Robert Rowland Smith Copy Share Image
“Credit' comes from the Latin 'credere', 'to believe', for credit is the belief that the money you're borrowing will someday be returned, a belief… — Robert Rowland Smith Copy Share Image
“The psyche will do anything to avoid pain, and when faced with something traumatic, like having to pay, its instinct is to put it… — Robert Rowland Smith Copy Share Image
“Let's remember you can still go shopping without buying, because where buying is a matter of need, shopping is a question of want.” — Robert Rowland Smith Copy Share Image
![“[Roland] Barthes turned the thable on the author, saying no only the a book needs a reader to wake it into life, but that in so doing the reader becomes nothing less that the author, who reveals in the book's hermeneutic possibilities, releases them and so becomes its own creator.” quote by Robert Rowland Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9c6/robert-rowland-smith-40187_book_roland-barthes-turned-the-thable-on-the_1304707.jpg)
