Yashee Singh

“Here was a man who, if he wanted, could spend every waling moment in self-pity, feeling his body for decay, counting his breaths. So many people with far smaller problems are so self-absorbed, their eyes glaze over if you speak for more than thirty seconds. They already have something else in mind- a friend to call, a fax to send, a lover they're daydreaming about. They only snap back to full attention when you finish talking, at which point they say "Uh-huh" or "Yeah, really" and fake their way back to the moment.
"Part of the problem, Mitch, is that everyone is in such ahurry," Morrie said. "People haven't found meaning in their lives, so they're running all the time looking fo rit. They think the next car, the next house, the next job. Then they find those things are empty, too, and they keep running.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

“... as corporations have been able to place themselves in the role arbiter of their own products and value, it has meant that democratic input into the process of deciding technologies are safe, useful, or worthwhile has been short-circuited.”
― Mar Hicks

“A fire can be extinguished, but it can't be extinguished one cup of water at a time.”
― Mar Hicks