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Now you can enjoy my best tirades in book form -- a treasure trove of cynical wit and wisdom for the ages (or at least the early 21st century). Sure, I had to self-publish them as e-books -- what else would you expect in today's take-no-risks publishing climate? But they're... Continue reading
Posted Oct 9, 2018 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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"True individualists are always at odds with the universe. Set adrift by their peculiar tastes and interests, they spend their lives searching for kindred spirits and a compatible mate. They are hopelessly out of step with the business world and its trivial urgencies. Their priorities are not the priorities of... Continue reading
Posted Nov 11, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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Cynical Quote of the Week
"Better to be merry some of the time, and miserable some of the time, than to be merely well-adjusted all of the time." -- Rick Bayan Continue reading
Posted Oct 6, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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"A good education spoils us for life in the business world. After studying history or philosophy with any conviction, it is impossible to become a dedicated sales representative." - Rick Bayan Continue reading
Posted Sep 23, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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"You can pay workers to work, but you can't pay them to love it." -- Rick Bayan Continue reading
Posted Sep 7, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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"Ideologies are the second-hand clothes of the intellectual world." -- Rick Bayan Continue reading
Posted Jul 28, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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"Driving is a lot like life: we simply want to enjoy the journey from Point A to Point B, but all the forces of man and nature conspire to frazzle us along the way." -- Rick Bayan, Extremely Dark Chocolates Continue reading
Posted Jul 20, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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"When terrorism rules, the subtle distinctions between individuals become as irrelevant as the color of their underwear." -- Rick Bayan, Extremely Dark Chocolates Continue reading
Posted Jul 8, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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"A cat’s self-regard seems to be natural and unshakable despite his total ignorance of Western civilization." -- Rick Bayan, Extremely Dark Chocolates: Bitterly Amusing Thoughts on Aging, Insanity, Death, Extinction & Other Inconveniences Continue reading
Posted Jun 29, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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"The Pandora's Box of contemporary culture has unleashed a cloud of goblins into the air, and there's no stuffing them back inside." -- Rick Bayan, Extremely Dark Chocolates Continue reading
Posted Jun 10, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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"We're still just the world's premium brand of ape." -- Rick Bayan, Extremely Dark Chocolates Continue reading
Posted Jun 1, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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"Nothing turns a pacifist into a warrior like the invasion of his home turf." -- Rick Bayan, "A Bug's Death," from Extremely Dark Chocolates Continue reading
Posted May 18, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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"Our minds are the last refuge of privacy, at least until the day they’re implanted with electronic chips." -- Rick Bayan, Extremely Dark Chocolates Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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"The world belongs to people with IQs of 120. Anything much greater or less amounts to a liability." -- Rick Bayan Continue reading
Posted May 4, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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"We're all sacks of flesh, and we're all going to die!" -- Rick Bayan, from "Flesh and Mortality," Extremely Dark Chocolates Continue reading
Posted Apr 28, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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"No matter what we're doing at the moment, the majority of us would rather be doing something else." -- Rick Bayan Continue reading
Posted Apr 21, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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"True individualists are always at odds with the universe." -- Rick Bayan, Extremely Dark Chocolates Continue reading
Posted Apr 12, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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"Perhaps the most irrational belief of all is expecting the world to be rational." -- Rick Bayan, Extremely Dark Chocolates Continue reading
Posted Apr 7, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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"Humans are the idiot-savants of the animal kingdom." -- Rick Bayan, Extremely Dark Chocolates Continue reading
Posted Mar 30, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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"If you're working hard enough to make a fortune these days, chances are that the concept of leisure will be as alien to you as a lava lamp was to John Quincy Adams." -- Rick Bayan, Extremely Dark Chocolates Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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"The practical drives out the whimsical." -- Rick Bayan Continue reading
Posted Mar 16, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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"The practical drives out the whimsical." -- Rick Bayan Continue reading
Posted Mar 16, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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"To be intellectually gifted is to be as disadvantaged as a moron, with one minor difference: morons are happier." -- Rick Bayan, Extremely Dark Chocolates Continue reading
Posted Mar 4, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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What can you say about a deity who gladly dispenses with the lives of the meek to nourish a strong and devious elite? -- Rick Bayan, Extremely Dark Chocolates Continue reading
Posted Feb 26, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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"If all goes according to plans, the Boomers will become the first generation in history to advance directly from adolescence to senility without the usual interval of maturity." -- Rick Bayan, Extremely Dark Chocolates Continue reading
Posted Feb 18, 2015 at The Cynic's Sanctuary
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