“Being a wiseass in a groupthink environment is like throwing an egg at a bulldozer.”
Source: The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American Empire
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“Such hopes now seemed ludicrous in their naivety, like trying to stop a bulldozer with a feather.”
Source: Pushing Ice (2005), Chapter 13 (p. 216)
“Being kissed by a man who didn't wax his moustache was like eating an egg without salt.”
The Story of the Gadsbys (1888), "Poor Dear Mamma".
Other works
A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)
Source: The Keys to the Kingdom series, Mister Monday (2003), p. 33.
“The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being.”
Genius
One Minute Wisdom (1989)
Context: A writer arrived at the monastery to write a book about the Master.
"People say you are a genius. Are you?" he asked.
"You might say so." said the Master, none too modestly.
"And what makes one a genius?" "The ability to recognize." "Recognize what?"
"The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being."
Source: A Wild Sheep Chase: A Novel (1982), Chapter 13, The Rat's First Letter
“I feel like a carton of eggs holding up an elephant.”