The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life. We’ve added years to We’ve done larger things, but not better things. We’ve cleaned up the air, We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the
shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more,
but have less; we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and
smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees
but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more
problems, more medicine, but less wellness.
drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too
little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our
possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and
hate too often.
life not life to years. We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but
have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer
space but not inner space.
but polluted the soul. We’ve conquered the atom, but not our prejudice.
more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less
and less.
character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of
two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes.
night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer,
to quiet, to kill.
stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time
when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete.
— George Carlin (via houseofcapulet)
