Die Genuss-Gesellschaft hat die Arbeit abgeschafft: Hackordnungen werden durch flache Hierarchien ersetzt, Arbeitsplätze werden zu Wohlfühloasen und Vorgesetzte zu Kollegen. #MachdeinHobbyzumBeruf

Die Aufgabe der Psychoanalyse bestand einst darin, den Menschen zu ermöglichen, ihr Begehren gegen eine repressive Gesellschaft zu verteidigen. Heute muss ihre Aufgabe darin bestehen, den Menschen gegen das Gebot, genießen zu müssen, zu verteidigen.

Aus den Boxen der Genuss-Gesellschaft schallen ihre Slogans: „Du darfst“, „Du willst es, du kriegst es!“, „Enjoy the real thing!“, „Du willst es doch auch“, „Have it your way“… #wirmüssennurwollen

Der Spätkapitalismus verspicht Genuss ohne Reue. Alkoholfreies Bier und zuckerfreie Schokolade suggerieren Genuss ohne Nebenwirkungen und Bio-Bananen lassen uns glauben, wir täten beim kau(f)en etwas für die Umwelt.

Das Versprechen völliger Befriedigung ist eine Illusion, die in dem großen Interesse der Genuss-Gesellschaft am Virtuellen, an Simulationen und Abbildungen aller Art, sichtbar wird. #facebooktinderinstagram

Die Maxime der Genuss-Gesellschaft ist die Unmittelbarkeit, die direkte Verfügbarkeit all dessen, was als Quelle des Genusses dienen könnte. Dementsprechend bekämpft die zeitgenössische Philosophie auch die Metaphysik und begeistert sich für alles Greifbare. #newmaterialism

Je mehr man genießen muss, desto weniger kann man genießen. Angesichts grenzenloser Optionen lauert hinter jeder Wahl eine Fehlentscheidung; das Ergebnis ist zwangsläufig Unzufriedenheit.

Schlimm ist, nicht genießen zu können; noch schlimmer ist, wenn der Nachbar es kann. Der Genuss des Anderen wird verdächtig und als Bedrohung wahrgenommen. Daraus resultieren, Neid, Apathie und offene Gewalt.

Die Zyniker, die über den Dingen schweben und von oben die Genuss-Gesellschaft verspotten, ergötzten sich an ihren Höhenflügen und gehen dabei der Genuss-Logik ebenso auf den Leim, wie die armen Teufel, die sie verspotten.

Die Vorstellung völliger Befriedigung ist eine Illusion. Nur wer akzeptiert, dass jeder Genuss sein Ende hat, und sich die Mängel, die er wie alle anderen leidet, eingesteht, kommt in der Realität an und wird genuss- und empathiefähig.

An actress must never lose her ego without it she has no talent.

A people represents not so much an aggregate of ideas and theories as of obsessions.

Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have.

One of the reasons surgeons have so much trouble separating Siamese twins is that nobody gets to do many of them. On the table, the anatomy is so different from normal, that you're constantly trying to figure out, 'Can I cut this? Does this wire lead to what?' It's like trying to defuse a bomb.

Then stirs the feeling infinite, so felt In solitude, where we are least alone.

I started out doing things like 'Flash Forward,' where I was the girl-next-door, and then, I did a show called 'Higher Ground,' where I played this really mean, sarcastic girl. Then 'Firefly' happened, and everybody thought of me as this bubbly, sweet girl-next-door again.

Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows.

I'm open to working anywhere, but not on anything.

The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.

When I was a bit older I had all of the George Carlin records, all of the Steve Martin records, all of the Cheech and Chong records and all of the Richard Pryor records.

Bio-Technology is expected to play a major role in improving productivity.

I grew up around books - my grandmother's house, where I lived as a small child, was full of books. My father was a history teacher, and he loved the Russian novels. There were always books around.

With the parties at virtual parity and the ideological gulf between them never greater, the stakes of majority control of Congress are extremely high.

Life's too short to hang out with people who aren't resourceful.

After I left the convent, for 15 years I was worn out with religion, I wanted nothing whatever to do with it. I felt disgusted with it. If I saw someone reading a religious book on a train, I'd think, how awful.

The most important thing as a filmmaker, the hardest journey you'll have, is to find your point of view.

I always knew I'd be more of a character actor than a leading man, and I always wanted to take that and run with it.

It is only in romances that people undergo a sudden metamorphosis. In real life, even after the most terrible experiences, the main character remains exactly the same.

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.

I love being in public places, but I can't stand long, drawn-out music festivals.

I don't think patience is something that any of us grow up with in a large dose. It's a world of instant gratification.

Make the goal huge and you cannot miss!

'Strictly' is a bit like scoring the winning goal in the FA Cup Final or sinking the final putt in the Ryder Cup - only a few people get the opportunity to do it, and they have got to be famous.

One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.