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21 Thoughts to Get You Through Almost Any Crisis

  • Indecision is the key to flexibility.
  • There is absolutely no substitute for a genuine lack of preparation.
  • Happiness is merely the remission of pain.
  • Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.
  • The facts, although interesting, are irrelevant.
  • The careful application of terror is also a form of communication.
  • Someone who thinks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world.
  • Things are more like they are today than they have ever been before.
  • Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for.
  • Everything should be made as simple as possible but no simpler.
  • Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
  • I have seen the truth and it makes no sense.
  • Suicide is the most sincere form of self-criticism.
  • If you think that there is good in everybody, you haven’t met everybody.
  • All things being equal, fat people use more soap.
  • If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.
  • One-seventh of your life is spent on Mondays.
  • By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.
  • Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
  • There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
  • Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.