Great Lines: The Silver Market Edition
To commemorate the beginning of the NFL season, here’s a story about how Lamar Hunt and his brothers tried to buy up all the world’s silver: Eventually, the...
Great Lines: The Pretty Wild Stuff Edition
When I was interviewing for a new job, the HR person at my old company was still operating from the paradigm that the company held all the cards. Spoiler...
Great Lines: The Hire A Dog Edition
I’ve become more and more radicalized against the current capitalist system. Here are some memes that say what I feel much better than I could. Want to see...
Great Lines: The Vessel For My Mayhem Edition
Judge Lynn Toler from Divorce Court said the following to a guy who claimed he liked to make it rain at the strip club: At $7.25 an hour, how much...
Great Lines: The Essence of Madness Edition
Ever since I saw this, I can never stop laughing when I see it: This Reddit post about Adolf Eichmann has some very deep insights about why people choose to...
Great Lines: The Out of Office Response Edition
This is some good game from The Boondocks: I love the book Unplugged by Joe Barrett. Here are a couple of good quotes from the book: You have to admire a man...
Great Lines: The Support Group Edition
Either George Carlin or Drew Carey said this, but it’s still a classic. Oh, you hate your job? Why didn’t you say so? There’s a support group for that. It’s...
Great Lines: The Pretty Woman Edition
English translations can sometimes be so spot on: If you're not getting paid what you feel you're worth but can't leave, follow this gentleman's lead: I...
Great Lines: The Puppet Master Edition
This quote perfectly sums up how I felt about some of my relationships before meeting my wife: "... [They] invoke the same sort of emotions one feels...
Great Lines: The Child Must Not Be An Obstacle Edition
First, this was something a friend's dad told me when I first started working: If you're consistently working more than 40 hours per week, you're either bad...
Great Lines: The Believe In Dinosaurs Edition
Mookie Wilson, when he was playing for the New York Mets, had an interesting way of looking at batting slumps: I love reading Naval Ravikant and listening to...
Great Lines: The Pine Tar Game Edition
From Filip Bondy's book about the Pine Tar Game: And then Martin made a move that led to one of my favorite baseball moments: At the start of the game,...
Great Lines: The Weird Situations Edition
This quote by Andy Warhol has always resonated with me as a way to explain my youth: When a situation develops gradually, no matter how weird that situation...
Great Lines: The 2015 Royals Edition
Welcome to another baseball season! In honor of this event, here are some great lines about the 2015 Royals. I love this quote from Grant Brisbee's article...
Great Lines: The Insults Edition
Naval Ravikant is a wise dude, but is put into that weird class of individuals deified by Silicon Valley. Remember, he's just a man: Desire is a contract you...
Great Lines: The Anxiety Cost Edition
I love Twitter memes. You’ll be seeing more of them like this one: This has been an issue for me all my life: A co-worker told me he says the following to...
Great Lines: The Ballad of the Whiskey Robber Edition
I absolutely love the book, The Ballad of the Whiskey Robber. I really recommend listen to the audio book. It’s almost like listening to a play. Here are...
Great Lines: The Waiting For Revenge Edition
In going back over the stuff I find hilarious, I've detected a pattern: it has to be slightly off-kilter and verbose. I found this comic series on Tumblr...
Great Lines: The Christmas Edition
It finally happened: I had a direct Covid exposure. I’ve been working in the office at my new job, and found out that my boss tested positive. In a not-so-...
Great Lines: Live In A World of Ghosts Edition
For the entire time I’ve been here in the US, I’ve never understood performative overwork to cover for bad processes. The week after I joined JPMorgan, the...