Bland Quote by Jon Ronson Download Open image “We were creating a world where the smartest way to survive is to be bland.” — Jon Ronson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bland Creating Way World
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It was stupidity that forced us to discard anything that did not conform with ourself - reflective expectations. — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
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If we have a simple existence, we shall feel how happy and how fortunate we are. There are some people who are of the… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
Stupidity was as necessary as intelligence, and as difficult to attain. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life. — Katharine Fullerton Gerould Copy Share Image
We were meant to survive because of our minds' ability to reason, our ability to live with frustration in order to maintain our virtue.… — Anchee Min Copy Share Image
So much of existence is so boring. To have little moments of stupidity is always welcome. — Kurt Braunohler Copy Share Image
We were naive in a lot of ways, but that was part of the charm. We were very young. — Charlotte Caffey Copy Share Image
We need be bold and adventuresome in our thinking in order to survive. — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Sometimes labeling is only useful, like with OCD. Once you're labeled you can be treated. On other occasions labeling leads to tyranny, like with… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
“I wonder if I’ve got any of the 374 mental disorders,” I thought. I opened the manual again. And I instantly diagnosed myself with… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
Trying to prove you’re not a psychopath is even harder than trying to prove you’re not mentally ill,’ said Tony. — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
“It may very well be that the frotteurist is a helpless victim in the clutches of his obsession, but it’s equally possible that he’s… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
“We are defining the boundaries of normality by tearing apart the people outside of it.” — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
My worryingly paradoxical thought process could be summarized thus: Thank God I don't believe in the secret rulers of the world. Imagine what the… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
Friends are the fruitcake of life - some nutty, some soaked in alcohol, some sweet. — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
“The consensus from the beginning was that only 1 percent of humans had it, but the chaos they caused was so far-reaching it could… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
“That's an incredibly depressing thought," I said "that if you're in a room and at one end lies madness and at the other end… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
The world outside Twitter was great. I read books. I reconnected with people I knew from real life and met them for drinks in… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
“What a brilliant cover story. In a success-obsessed society like this one, what's the best rock to hide something under? It's the rock called… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
Guy Savelli's role in the War on Terror began when half-a-dozen strangers, within days of one another, contacted him via e-mail and telephone in… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
Going to a site with more users seems obviously better to me, but at the same time, having a bland, middle of the road… — Christian Rudder Copy Share Image
No visiting angel, or explorer from another planet, could have guessed that this bland orb [Earth] teemed with vermin, with world-mastering, self-torturing, incipiently angelic… — Olaf Stapledon Copy Share Image
I'm always amazed by writers who tell me they plan everything at the beginning. I feel their writing days must be very bland. — Rose Tremain Copy Share Image
If no one speaks out for [young readers], if they don’t speak out for themselves, all they’ll get for required reading will be the… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
The turkeys that most Americans eat for Thanksgiving are turkeys - losers that are mass produced and bland. — Marian Burros Copy Share Image
We didn't think the library was funny looking in it's faux- Greek splendor, nor did we find the cuisine limited or bland, or the… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
Do you want to increase your hunger for the Lord? Try weaning yourself from the world's diet- be prepared for some withdrawal symptoms when… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss Copy Share Image
I really like people who can do both drama and comedy and not some like middle of the road do both drama and comedy.… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
Now is the time to act or get stuck with a bland, boring, career politician who will lose to Barack Obama. — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
For a couple of days after chemotherapy, food tastes really bland, even the best foods. I haven't been sick, but have been a little… — Grete Waitz Copy Share Image
If Fobbit leaves a reader feeling stranded in some bland in-between territory, then I haven't done my job. But having said all that, I… — Dave Abrams Copy Share Image
Often I think bullying - especially in its adult, verbal forms - is the sort of thing you don't realize till the end of… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image