David > David's Quotes

“Of course my jokes are in poor taste, inappropriate, and confused; they reveal my lack of security. But that is because I have no respect for myself.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead

“Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck.”
― Joss Whedon

“Bankers make money, too, but I’m not running up into Chase and throwing milk shakes at the homie selling subprime mortgages.”
― Eddie Huang, Fresh Off the Boat

“No, Lewis. Unlike you, I’ve lived a very sheltered life. I have tried to get invited along to one of these porno-parties, but everybody seems to think I’m above such things.”
― Colin Dexter, Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories

“she had the inestimable merit of being interesting.”
― Colin Dexter, Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories

“the moral failings of individuals are irrelevant for understanding both why the financial crisis in the United States happened and why austerity is now perceived as the only possible response,”
― Mark Blyth, Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea

“Banking bubbles and busts cause sovereign debt crises.”
― Mark Blyth, Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea

“Is everybody supposed to run current account surpluses? If so, with whom—Martians? And if everybody does indeed try to run a savings surplus, what else can be the outcome but a permanent global depression?”
― Mark Blyth, Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea

“others may prefer to go naked in the home and therefore have no loungewear at all. (You’d be surprised at how many fall into this latter category.)”
― Marie Kondō, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing