George Orwell famously described international sport as 'war minus the shooting'. But for all Orwell's greatness as a thinker, this was one of his least felicitous lines, analogous to 'murder minus the death' or 'life minus the breathing'.
The mind always found its way back to baseline.
This is the future,” Lycan said. “Connecting people to each other directly.
The guaranteed cure for heartbreak: find pain that’s much, much worse.
I made two movies very young, and then I had trouble getting a movie made, and so - which was both, I think, a plus and a minus. It was a minus because it made me unhappy.
My math is so fuzzy you should pet it. Four minus two isn’t two, because between two and four minus two is an infinite number of numbers.
Why was it so unlikely that you could meet your soul mate by hitting her with your vehicle? Why was it more likely you’d meet her at your cousin’s wedding?
I'm not really Type A, but A minus.
Put the number seven in front of a mirror and what do you have? If you answered 77, then perhaps you talk to yourself in the mirror, and wait for a response from your reflection. Seven standing in front of a mirror equals seven. Two plus two equals y...
A thousand minus one is never a thousand
Literature is the question minus the answer.
Serious sport is war minus the shooting.
It's funny. Friendships are Catch twenty-twos when you're single and in your thirties. Friends are your life rafts. You try to help each other meet people, you confide in each other, you spend Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, all those emotional land-m...
Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.
I'm a holy man minus the holiness.
Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality.
Anyone who wants to run has to be a Jimmy Swaggart, minus the default.
Intelligence minus purpose equals stupidity.
arrogance is knowledge minus wisdom
Depression is melancholy minus its charms.
I had tons of fun, minus 3,999 pounds.
