Ingratitude is more common than you might think.
~ Cormac McCarthy
:::
Category Archives: 0747 – Quote Unquote
Quote, Unquote
America is unique, and comparisons are difficult. The country easily outpaces the rest of the developed world in gun deaths and overdoses, both major mortality drivers here that have largely been accepted as the cost of being American. But even if you discount those peculiarities, plenty of other indicators are pointing the wrong way.
~ Vann Newkirk via The Atlantic
:::
Quote, Unquote
When you want to know how things really work, study them when they’re coming apart.
~ William Gibson
:::
Quote, Unquote
A trace of Gavin Newsom’s childhood shyness lingers in his fondness for performing comedic riffs, usually delivered in a key of ironic self-lament, which insulate him from more direct engagement. He was dressed in a white shirt, dusky-blue suit trousers, and a blue tie knotted, with two crisp dimples, into a four-in-hand.
~ Nathan Heller via The New Yorker
:::
Quote, Unquote
The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you’ve made a hiring mistake.
~ Jim Collins, Good to Great
Quote, Unquote
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
~ Emmanuel Radnitzky
:::
Quote, Unquote
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
― Ansel Adams
:::
:::
Quote, Unquote
Anthropic is regarded as a giant among AI companies, but perhaps what it really excels in is anthropomorphism.
~ Ted Chiang via The Atlantic
:::
Quote, Unquote
For all his calls for unity, Boris Johnson was one of the key architects of what’s arguably the biggest rupture in Western politics in a generation: Brexit —- Britain’s decision to quit the European Union and, in doing so, to turn its back on an institution that seemed to represent the apex of post-Cold War liberalism.
~ Ishaan Tharoor via The New Yorker
:::
Quote, Unquote
If you want to understand the deepest malfunctions of systems, pay attention to the rules and to who has power over them.
~ Donella Meadows
:::