Pithy Aphorisms

The supreme irony of toxic masculinity is that it’s just weakness masquerading as strength.

Mar 28, 2022

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You’ll never truly know your impact on the world until you leave it.

Jul 26, 2017

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Feelings are hyperbole; thoughts are poetry.

Jul 26, 2017

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The value of creative work is that even if the work doesn’t work, it’s work worth working.

Apr 25, 2017

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The worst opinion to have is one that was sold to you.

Dec 30, 2016

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I used to think the political pendulum swung left and right. I was wrong. It swings forward and backward.

Nov 8, 2016

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We have officially entered the Misinformation Age.

Oct 24, 2016

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Voting third-party in a two-party system is a vote for the two-party system.

Oct 21, 2016

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Eric P. Metze

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People like other people who tell it like it is except when it isn’t what they want it to be.

Oct 17, 2016

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Rendering causes ADD.

Oct 14, 2016

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Your smarter than you’re grammar suggests.

Sep 16, 2016

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Home is where the wifi is.

Aug 6, 2016

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Remember kids, unsubstantiated claims speak more to the arguer than the argument.

Jul 22, 2016

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Eric P. Metze

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We aren’t red or blue; we’re shades of purple.

Mar 23, 2016

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One of the most complicated things about communication is the synonym. Big is not huge; violence is not terrorism.

Jan 8, 2016

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Eric P. Metze

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Hating the president is like hating the weather.

Nov 21, 2015

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Terrorism is the perennial reminder that security is an illusion. Only education and empathy can put an end to fundamentalist extremism.

Nov 13, 2015

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Find yourself or no one else will.

Nov 12, 2015

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Death is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Oct 8, 2015

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Ambivalence has done more harm than extremism ever could.

Oct 2, 2015

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The best thing about admitting you’re wrong is that you no longer are.

Aug 9, 2015

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Being single is fun, except when it isn’t, and then it really isn’t.

Aug 3, 2015

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The problem with playing the religious card is that everyone has one and they’re all of equal value.

Jun 29, 2015

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When you ignore or excuse an abuse of power, you are partly to blame when it happens again.

Jun 9, 2015

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Critics are more like alchemists than chemists.

May 14, 2015

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There’s literally billions of people whom will be annoyed by this sentence, and alot of its because your not.

May 8, 2015

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Springtime does to the rest of the animal kingdom what wine and chocolate do to us.

Apr 21, 2015

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The best and worst thing about having a large bed is having it all to yourself.

Apr 4, 2015

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The next time someone says something unbelievable, remember that we have a holiday dedicated to the gullible.

Apr 1, 2015

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Every time someone says, “You don’t know what it’s like to be a parent,” all I can hear is, “I’ve forgotten what it’s like to be a child.”

Mar 6, 2015

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Some of the most intolerant people I have ever encountered genuinely believe they are the most tolerant.

Jan 30, 2015

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I don’t mind finding a new gray hair because I feel like I’ve earned it.

Jan 26, 2015

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Don’t let your talent for dodging Fate’s bullets cause you to miss Cupid’s arrows.

Jan 9, 2015

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Scars can be so beautiful.

Jan 2, 2015

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One of the most beautiful phrases in English is: I met someone.

Dec 23, 2014

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Eric P. Metze

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One thing I know for sure is that there’s probably nothing I know for sure.

Nov 26, 2014

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I’ve learned to recognize when I’m right only because I’ve learned to recognize when I’m wrong.

Nov 5, 2014

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If a butterfly can flap its wings and change global weather patterns, imagine how much you impact the world.

Oct 26, 2014

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Art is supposed to move you even if it pushes you away.

Oct 24, 2014

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A bad metaphor is like a bad wine: if you drink enough, who cares?

Oct 11, 2014

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Work all day so you can play all night.

Sep 25, 2014

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Complaining about a democracy you won’t participate in is like complaining about a god you don’t believe in.

Sep 13, 2014

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