Contract Contemplation Pillows

"... Of course it's 'a lot higher than my original estimate'. If I'd given you an accurate estimate, you'd never have given me the job."

At the end of each day, Gary had approximately 7 minutes of free time – which left him feeling very vulnerable.

"Ooh, ooh, I know this koan! I got it! Pick me! Pick me!"

'Hey! Contemplate your own navel!'

Maximilian could see far away places,but he never told anyone.

Zenemies.

"Geez, from way up here it almost looks like there’s hope for humanity."

"I could catch a bicyclist, well maybe not a bicyclist, but I could catch a jogger, definitely."

"The overthinker"

"Wait... what was it I came up here for?"

'Are you not thinking what I'm not thinking?'

Rodin's Thinker.

"Lately, I've been trying to spend less time staring at the glowing orb."

"If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! … Emerson" "Good boy!"

"After searching for the sun all night, it finally dawned on me..."

'Being a nobody isn't so bad...You don't have to worry about becoming a has-been.'

Thought bubble mirrors the cloud in the sky.

"How come I can't remember what I forget, but I always remember that I forgot something!"

'He followed me home, Mom. Can I sign him to a five-year, $80-million contract?..'

'It's normal -- Enlightenment freaks a lot of people out.'

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

"Two roads diverged in a wood and I... I... I..."

Sign on wall of spacious empty hall of museum: 'Air & Space Exhibit'

"Professor Williams had at first been reluctant to join the Assistant Deans in their Think Great Thoughts aerobics. He later came to enjoy the activity."

'Thoreau had his Walden Pond, C.J. has his water cooler.'

'Sometimes I think about getting away from all this and get a job as a cab driver in New York city...'

"Is it just me, or do these sculptural forms of light and shadow make you think about the ephemeral nature of life, the spirituality of the moment eclipsing our futile quest for cheese?"

"We're studying the legal principles of 'crossing a heart and hoping to die'."

"Exactly what is this 'nothing' I've been hearing so much about?"

Soren Kierkegaard

'Have you ever imagined a world without stupid hypothetical questions?'

"No, wait. What if the cop character is the murderer, and the mobster guy is completely innocent?"

'A ground ball to deep short, handled beautifully by Santana...'

'Hang on!...You don't expect me to swallow that as well!'

"Gazing at stars really makes you realise the insignificance of your co-workers."