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[Results Only Work Environment] meant to abolish the eight-hour workday by letting you work whenever from wherever [but if] you could be getting results at the office, in your car, at the store, at home after dinner--aren't those all then work environments? #JennyOdell

[Results Only Work Environment] meant to abolish the eight-hour workday by letting you work whenever from wherever [but if] you could be getting results at the office, in your car, at the store, at home after dinner--aren't those all then work environments? #JennyOdell — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 7, 2026

Whether heavy or fight, wet or dry, fast or slow, everything had its own nature already within it, which could not be violated without causing difficulties. When abstract and arbitrary rules were imposed from the outside, struggle was inevitable. #BenjaminHoff

Whether heavy or fight, wet or dry, fast or slow, everything had its own nature already within it, which could not be violated without causing difficulties. When abstract and arbitrary rules were imposed from the outside, struggle was inevitable. #BenjaminHoff — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 7, 2026

Recent experiments by Carsten De Dreu and colleagues show that intranasal administration of oxytocin makes men more cooperative with in-group members, but not out-group members, especially when fear of out-group members is high. #JoshuaGreene

Recent experiments by Carsten De Dreu and colleagues show that intranasal administration of oxytocin makes men more cooperative with in-group members, but not out-group members, especially when fear of out-group members is high. #JoshuaGreene — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 6, 2026

When we behave in ways that conflict with our judgment of what is appropriate, we lose face in our own eyes. #NathanielBranden

When we behave in ways that conflict with our judgment of what is appropriate, we lose face in our own eyes. #NathanielBranden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 5, 2026

One great lesson that we can learn from its systematic absence in the work of the grand theorists is that every self-conscious thinker must at all times be aware of--and hence be able to control--the levels of abstraction on which he is working. #CWrightMills

One great lesson that we can learn from its systematic absence in the work of the grand theorists is that every self-conscious thinker must at all times be aware of--and hence be able to control--the levels of abstraction on which he is working. #CWrightMills — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 4, 2026

Adam Smith called it the paradox of value: when an important good becomes plentiful, it costs far less than what people are willing to pay for it. The difference is called consumer surplus, and the explosion of this surplus over time is impossible to tabulate. #StevenPinker

Adam Smith called it the paradox of value: when an important good becomes plentiful, it costs far less than what people are willing to pay for it. The difference is called consumer surplus, and the explosion of this surplus over time is impossible to tabulate. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 2, 2026

Would you rather be a highly productive but dissatisfied Singaporean, or a less productive but satisfied Costa Rican? #YuvalNoahHarari

Would you rather be a highly productive but dissatisfied Singaporean, or a less productive but satisfied Costa Rican? #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) May 31, 2026