Intellectual Discussion Gifts

"It's a shame there isn't a pill to stimulate conversation."

'I've been thinking a lot about what you said yesterday - but, I guess I say that about everything everyone says, everyday.'

"It's an enduring mystery. How did this extinct species combine such huge brains with such jaw dropping stupidity?"

"I don't know about you, but I couldn't wait to get back to our book club."

"So, what are you reading?"

Radical Think Tank

Vladimir Nabokov

'What do you mean 'theoretically'? Everything we do is theoretical.'

Brains aren't everything - to some people they're nothing.

'Don't you see Rick - your slump is just a success neurosis. You found your .394 average dangerous, because you fantasised that it would bring about resentment.'

'Do you ever contemplate life's big questions?"

"The problem is you say Nietzsche and expect everything to be just peachy."

"And to think I gave Man such a large brain to serve as a heat radiator."

Ed Flanders, Deconstruction Worker

5pm Happy Hour. 6pm discussion: what is true happiness?

Freedom comes at a cost. We must be willing to pay the ultimate price. Retail.

"Strawman argument terrorises conversation... News at eleven."

My belief is if you're old enough to take texts, counter-texts, and meta-texts in Western Philosophy, you should be old enough to drink.

"She's a show dog...purebred, of course." "That's great! My guy's a Sanskrit scholar...wrote for the Harvard Lampoon."

"Now that was post-modern sex."

"Tell me, Chuck, is barbarism the natural state of mankind, and will it ultimately triumph?"

"I have good news and bad news about your cat, Dr Schrodinger..."

"It's a great story, funny and entertaining - and better still it's not won a single prize for literature."

"Yes, could you discuss the inspiration for the protagonist? Specifically, the motivations which propel the direction of his narrative?" "I would prefer not to." "Bartleby, the author."

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

'To avoid possible schism, a period of careful reflection is needed before changing the light-bulb.'

Science Snobs

Spelling a newspaper

'As soon as I mention Nietzsche - stop serving me, okay.'

"I don'y know about you guys, but I don't feel like I've lost one goddamn bit of my feminity."

'What did He do before he was God?'

"Let's just drop it, Andrew, and leave it to future historians to decide which of us was right."

'Even if you do, never admit that you know everything.'

'He's always looking for an argument!'

"I just completely disagree with what you just said about America lacking focus."