"When you mix those two together and you have a superb, super coach in Phil Jackson, who never lets things get too complacent, oh, man," Johnson said, shaking his head, "that's a bad combination".
Her latest novel, The Cleft (2007), a pre-historical fable which depicts women as slothful and complacent and men as adventurous innovators, was greeted with horror by sections of her fan base, while its critical reception was decidedly mixed.
The inclusion of Lynton Crosby, the Tory election guru, in this year's honours list simply illustrates how complacent these men have become in their knowledge that they've got it all sewn up.
Unfortunately, in President Obama's vision of democracy, his supporters were expected to remain complacent Yes-men until his inauguration, whereupon they were expected to shut up, sit down, and let corporate cronyism shape their national healthcare plan.
It starts with a man complacent in his own lonely life until he is saddled with a mentally-challenged ward.
Next year Israel turns 50, an age that finds some men complacent but others still at war with their inner demons.
Yes, I know he denies ordering shadow cabinet members to lose weight and the ruddy, complacent glow of men who have just enjoyed a large lunch.
