“It's just that some of us are better than others at letting our superegos muffle our whiny ids.”
“I could come in with a big hammer and smash everything up – being the son of a carpenter, I'd hammer in the morning and hammer in the evening – and with so many egos and superegos around, they had a vacancy for an id.”
“Yet automakers keep their most carefree models coming, banking on a time when superegos soar and buyers re-turn, eager to reaffirm the American dream of blowing too much money on a new car.”