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…it has often been claimed that since so many brilliant men had syphilis, much of the world’s greatest achievement was evidently formulated in brains stimulated by the cerebral irritation of an early general paresis. We omit reference to specific instances of this among our contemporaries only to avoid, for our publishers, the vulgar embarrassment of libel suits.

— Rats, Lice and History by Hans Zinsser

-- the ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.

— The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy by David Graeber (Page 89)

In our society there seems to be a general rule that the more obviously one's work benefits other people the less one is likely to be paid for it.

— Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber

All that wasted time, and he didn't even know who'd wasted it.

— Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (MaddAddam, #1) (Page 3,357 - 357)