Quotes About Dependency

The primacy of a landline connection dictated how life was lived, with such deep-rooted universality that its role in shaping humanity was virtually unconsidered. It was the single most important feature of every home, and nobody cared.

Like so many modern people, my relationship with technology makes no sense whatsoever: It's the most important aspect of my that I hate.

Your being born makes your parents God. You owe them your life, and they can control you. Then puberty makes you Satan, just because you want something better.

That if you could acquire enough, accomplish enough, you'd never want to own or do another thing. That if you could eat or sleep enough, you'd never need more. That if enough people loved you, you'd stop needing love.

Skin, bones, blood and organs transplant from person to person. Even what's inside you already, the colonies of microbes and bugs that eat your food for you, without them you'd die. Nothing of you is all-the-way yours. All of you is inherited. Whatever you're thinking, a million other folks are thinking. Whatever you do, they're doing, and none of you is responsible. All of you is a cooperative effort.

No one wants to admit we're addicted to music. That's just not possible. No one's addicted to music and television and radio. We just need more of it, more channels, a larger screen, more volume. We can't bear to be without it, but no, nobody's addicted. We could turn it off anytime we wanted.

Every family is a regular little cult.

your folks are like God because you want to know they're out there and you want them to approve of your life, still you only call them when you're in crisis and need something.

Finalmente, te quedas atrapado en tu precioso nido y los objetos que poseías ahora te poseen a ti.

Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you.

Personne ne veut reconnaître que nous sommes des drogués de musique. Ce n'est tout bonnement pas possible. Personne n'est drogué de musique, de télévision, de radio. Simplement, il nous en faut plus et plus, nous en avons besoin, plus de chaines, un écran plus grand, plus de volume. Nous ne supportons pas de nous en passer, mais, non personne n'est drogué. Nous pourrions l'éteindre dès que nous le voudrions.

and the things you used to own, now they own you.

To make a career of rescuing people is also to create a permanent class in need of rescue.

The truth is there's always been someone to tell me what to do. The church. The people who I work for. The caseworker. And I can't stand the idea of being alone. I can't bear the thought of being free. Survivor

Los objetos que solías poseer ahora te poseen a ti.

Even what's inside you already, the colonies of microbes and bugs that eat your food for you, without them you'd die. Nothing of you is all-the-way yours. All of you is inherited.

When you go out with a drunk, you'll notice how a drunk fills your glass so he can empty his own. As long as you're drinking, drinking is okay.

Ana babalar, kitlelerin uyuÅŸturucusudur!

Los animales- dice el Eslabón Perdido - son nuestra forma de definir a los humanos. Sin animales no habría humanidad.

No soy tanto un buen amigo como el salvador que quiere que lo adores para siempre. No soy tanto un buen amigo como el padre que nunca quiere que crezcas.

things you used to own, now they own you.

what happens to the world when antibiotics fail us all? Everything from heart operations to getting a tattoo will go from being rote explorations of the human body to perilous trips like the first pioneers crossing the badlands . . . Once antibiotics go, everything goes. Maybe that won't be the first domino to fall. Maybe it'll be the one where we lose all the honeybees, or maybe it'll be when we lose all the ice caps, or, or, or—

The comfort of the rich depends on an abundance of the poor. —Voltaire

You don't belong only to yourself, you know. I doubt there is a single person in this world that belongs only to himself. When someone makes a connection...there is always something shared. And so people will never be completely free. It's that which brings out the fun...and sadness...and love.