As a child, I had a deck of Marvel top trumps. You can get top trumps with racing cars, or fighter planes, or football players. . . I had all of the Marvel superheroes and super-villains you could get, and I used to play them with my friends. They were all listed according to their height and weight and agility and their super-powers.
With someone who holds nothing but trumps, it is impossible to play cards.
Kindness trumps greed: it asks for sharing. Kindness trumps fear: it calls forth gratefulness and love. Kindness trumps even stupidity, for with sharing and love, one learns.
Enthusiasm — real grassroots enthusiasm — trumps money, trumps endorsements, trumps everything.
Now, I worry a bit about the TEDification of the world where style trumps substance, so hopefully you have a good blend of both!
Nutrition trumps genes.
They don't take eyeballs at the bank. Those who value stocks by eyeballs should go be ophthalmologists, not stock analysts. There is no cyberworld where reach trumps profits.
Love trumps everything. Love's decision will not always be kind to your artistic life.
Experience trumps brilliance.
I did some more soul searching. I asked myself, "What do I want more than happiness?" and there was only one answer - the only thing that trumps happiness is love. Not the kind of love we are normally taught about, but the kind of unconditional love that is a deep inner state which doesn't depend on any person, situation or a romantic partner. That's how I define Love for No Reason: it's an inner state of love.
Love trumps logic?" "Every time.
In such systems, there is unquestioning respect for authority. Faith trumps evidence. But if indeed this is broadly the explanation for how co-operative behaviour has evolved and been maintained in human societies, it could be very bad news. Because although such authoritarian systems seem to be good at preserving social coherence and an orderly society, they are, by the same token, not good at adapting to change.
God's advice trumps Oprah's every time.
Reality trumps rationality.
Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.
The laugh is what trumps everything.
Fake confidence on the outside often trumps truthful turmoil on the inside.
Good policy always trumps bad public relations. And the best PR can't trump bad policy.
When all else is lost and gone forever, there is yearning. Only desire trumps time.
Love trumps hate. Courage loves fear. Right always trumps wrong.