Howard Gardner, on people
Howard Gardner, on people "In a planet occupied now by seven billion inhabitants, I am amazed by the difference that one human being can make"
View ArticleSeaton Kay Smith, on hair
Seaton Kay Smith, on hair"It's never great to let your hair down, your hair trusted you"
View ArticleCharlie Booker, on Justin Bieber
Charlie Booker, on Justin Bieber"He was first hammered into the collective unconscious like a nail of frozen piss into a cabbage"
View ArticleA reader, to Michael Kinsley
A reader, to Michael Kinsley"I didn't know that you had gone, but I'm sorry to see that you are back"
View ArticleRobin Hanson, on learning
Robin Hanson, on learning "Intellectual progress comes from people who focus on a question to which they do not currently know the answer"
View ArticleJacques Barzun, on criticism
Jacques Barzun, on criticism"Who has decreed that violence in a playwright is splendid and violence in a critic unforgivable?"
View ArticleE.M. Cioran, on Samuel Beckett
E.M. Cioran, on Samuel Beckett"Beckett's characters do not live in the tragic but in the incurable. It's not tragedy, but misery"
View ArticleChristopher Mims, on Facebook
Christopher Mims, on Facebook"Facebook is a large, inefficient engine for transforming electricity and programmers into low-value advertising"
View ArticleNew York Times, on Ed Koch
New York Times, on Ed Koch"Mr. Koch is survived by New York itself"
View ArticleFranz Kafka, on books
Franz Kafka, on books"A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us"
View ArticleZadie Smith, on power
Zadie Smith, on power"An essential part of power is the freedom not to think too deeply"
View ArticleDavid Roberts, on success
David Roberts, on success"No one but the privileged believes they are in a meritocracy"
View ArticleBen Masters, on James Wood
Ben Masters, on James Wood"Few critics truly evolve, they just find new subjects"
View ArticleJames Wakefield, on freedom
James Wakefield, on freedom "We may all agree that freedom is valuable while fundamentally disagreeing about what this claim, if true, implies for our politics"
View ArticleGeorge Packer, on ageing
George Packer, on ageing "Older is not necessarily wiser. You’re never more open to new experience than when you’re twenty"
View ArticleHoward Aitken, on ideas
Howard Aitken, on ideas "Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats"
View ArticleIsaiah Berlin, on tolerance
Isaiah Berlin, on tolerance"Toleration is historically the product of the realization of the irreconcilability of equally dogmatic faiths. Those who wished to survive realized that they had to tolerate...
View ArticleMychal Denzel Smith, on free-riding
Mychal Denzel Smith, on free-riding"The genius of racism is that you don’t have to participate to enjoy the spoils"
View ArticleThe Guardian, on Ronald Dworkin
The Guardian, on Ronald Dworkin"Rights, he said, were like trumps in bridge; they could compete with one another, but any right must override a card of any value played from the suit of mere interest"
View ArticleUta Frith, on autism
Uta Frith, on autism"What is normal is a hugely complicated question in terms of psychiatry. The downside is if you pursue this thinking, there will be no extra help for autistic people"
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