Polojko's Blog! – Page 259 – "The only person you can't learn from is yourself"

Advice

More often than not, when you go to a doctor, he sends you home only with – advice. It would be the same as if you go to a mechanic with a broken transmission, and he sends you home with advice on how to heal it, so it might start working again. But the transmission is still broken.

Repetition

We are all grown-up when things start repeating themselves.

Measure

The true importance measure of a particular invention is how much people misuse it later.

Pathetic

The life stories of failed people are mostly goddamn pathetic. No wonder they failed.

Socialism v. Capitalism

Life in socialism is similar to life in military barracks: gray, boring, and void of any sense at all. But, life in capitalism is more like life in madhouses: colorful, hysteric, hyperactive, also void of any sense at all.

Surprises

His life was full of surprises: he was amnestic.

Life and death

Life and death aren’t opposites, but complementary.

Interesting life

Living interesting life means that you are still able to surprise yourself occasionally.

Living above your means

You are living above your means when for the last money you buy silverware instead of food.

Parasite

I’d live in a symbiotic relationship only as a parasite.