In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end.
~ Alexis de Tocqueville
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Category Archives: 0459 – Quote Unquote
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Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second.
~ Jonathan Haidt
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The comedy of man survives the tragedy of man.
~ G. K. Chesterton
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Sex cannot be separated from the malignancy of the social structures that surround it.
~ Alexandra Kleeman via The New York Times
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Building on a Confucian tradition of respect for knowledge, a century-old tradition of university building and a ton of newfound wealth, over the past 20 years China has been steadily building a set of institutions to take on the United States for scientific leadership. But does it have the money, talent and recipe for governance required to achieve this goal?
~ Alex Usher via The World of Higher Education Podcast
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The universe is represented in every one of its particles. Every thing in nature contains all the powers of nature.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Generation X is small, a great baby bust, and we are now caring for the far larger generations that tower over us on either side—often while working full-time. Since the 1980s, middle-aged adults have been called the “sandwich generation,” wedged between caring for their parents and raising their kids. But this metaphor feels too innocuous for what Gen X is going through. I find myself drawn to a less friendly analogy: not that of fresh Wonder Bread slices gently squishing us, but that of panini grills pressing us flat.
~ Ada Calhoun via The Atlantic
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I have no fans. You know what I got? Customers. And customers are your friends.
~ Mickey Spillane
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it.
~ George Santayana
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