Monday morning and there's one less donut than there should be. Keen observers note the reduced mass straightaway but stay silent, because saying, 'Hey, is that only six donuts?' would betray their donut experience. It's not great for your career to be known as the person who can spot the difference between six and seven donuts at a glance.
That's the thing you learn about values: they're what people make up to justify what they did. - Max Barry
That's the thing you learn about values: they're what people make up to justify what they did.
- Max Barry
People resist a census, but give them a profile page and they'll spend all day telling you who they are. - Max Barry
People resist a census, but give them a profile page and they'll spend all day telling you who they are.
What it comes down to, you see, is that a naked body is just a naked body. But the possibility of a naked body is something special. - Max Barry
What it comes down to, you see, is that a naked body is just a naked body. But the possibility of a naked body is something special.
When it's done with being graceful and poetic, language is meant to communicate, after all. - Max Barry
When it's done with being graceful and poetic, language is meant to communicate, after all.
Hey, I saw this old British movie, all the people spoke so different, you could hardly understand them. But everyone here speaks American as good as … - Max Barry
Hey, I saw this old British movie, all the people spoke so different, you could hardly understand them. But everyone here speaks American as good as …
My own fault. The equipment had safeties but your primary piece of protective equipment was your brain. There was a presumption that anyone entering … - Max Barry
My own fault. The equipment had safeties but your primary piece of protective equipment was your brain. There was a presumption that anyone entering …
Elizabeth is smart, ruthless, and emotionally damaged ... [i]f Elizabeth's brain was a person, it would have scars, tattoos, and be missing one eye. - Max Barry
Elizabeth is smart, ruthless, and emotionally damaged ... [i]f Elizabeth's brain was a person, it would have scars, tattoos, and be missing one eye.
The most fundamental thing about a person is desire. It defines them. Tell me what a person wants, truly wants, and I'll tell you who they are, and h… - Max Barry
The most fundamental thing about a person is desire. It defines them. Tell me what a person wants, truly wants, and I'll tell you who they are, and h…
There's no requirement that jobs be meaningful. If there was, half the country would be unemployed. - Max Barry
There's no requirement that jobs be meaningful. If there was, half the country would be unemployed.
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