Controversy Embracers Gifts

Salman Rushdie

"Great! I must be growing. The womb was less than half full last week."

'Don't look at me. I'm not the one who puts the measuring cups where I can't reach them.'

Ultra-lazy sloth

"I enjoy the one day of the school year...that I didn't forget to do my homework."

After many years of wavering Dennis finally makes the decision to step out of his comfort zone.

"I live for the moment. That moment just happens to be in the indefinite future."

Some of us are calm on the surface but paddling like crazy underneath, and some of us are just the opposite.

Jackson Pollock makes a mistake: 'Guess I'll have to start over.'

Businessman at the deep end.

Anxiety of Change

'He's doing it again.'

"But Herman, we can't just throw in the towel like that."

"What an awful morning. I left home without my phone."

Fortune teller predicts a bigger family for worried parents.

Starting is the scariest part.

"And then he said he wanted $50,000 for it."

'Of course things change: our fathers were replaced by machines - we'll be replaced with new software.'

Man rummaging through a TV set throwing out bits of paper

"Teacher believes in performance-enhancing hugs."

"YOLO, baby. YOLO."

"Sure, I could hold your hand during down markets...but it wouldn't help you learn how to embrace failure."

Fear and Uncertainty

New Normal

'Hurray! I'm a baby!'

"Over here, Phyllis. I've moved to the center."

"If you aren't adverse to risk, I can put you in an attractive Ponzi scheme."

"Do we look like we filed electronically?"

"That explains why Larry is the most confident employee in our company!"

'...I was aced, defaced, disgraced and replaced.'

Coronavirus 100k Deaths

'Congratulations, your days of avoiding the real world are finally over.'

'I don't have a problem with you spending $1,500 on golf clubs, so you shouldn't complain about my spending $100,000 on a sports car.'

Organised Crime / Disorganised Crime

"Get a grip doctor, without death surgery would have no meaning."