The trouble is, even the French don't have a phrase for the stupid things you actually do say under pressure. Those stupid, desperate things you actually think or do.
Male
30 years old
Studio City, California
United States
"What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence"
-Christopher Hitchens
"People say, "The surge worked now, we got rid of Saddam." But the cost was 4,000 American lives, untold Iraqi lives, ethnic cleansing, four million refugees, a trillion dollars and counting of U.S. money that could've rebuilt every road, bridge, and school in America, started a Manhattan Project for energy alternatives, given health care to everybody… Did the surge work compared to that?"
-Bill Maher
"We might also note that many [mathematicians] admit to being philosophical Platonists, without feeling any apparent need to consult a trained philosopher for an exorcism."
-Sam Harris
"The devil is just the angel that asked for more"
-Craig Clevenger
Who I'd like to meet: I don't usually meet people unless I already know them.