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The feminist revolution had to be fought because women quite simply were stopped at a state of evolution far short of their human capacity. #BettyFriedan

The feminist revolution had to be fought because women quite simply were stopped at a state of evolution far short of their human capacity. #BettyFriedan — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 6, 2026

...it's so important to have intellectual and ideological diversity within any group or institution whose goal is to find truth (such as an intelligence agency or a community of scientists) or to produce good public policy (such as a legislature or advisory board). #JonathanHaidt

...it's so important to have intellectual and ideological diversity within any group or institution whose goal is to find truth (such as an intelligence agency or a community of scientists) or to produce good public policy (such as a legislature or advisory board). #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 5, 2026

From a scientific perspective the truly revolutionary character of the Industrial Revolution was the dramatic change from an open system where energy is supplied externally by the sun to a closed system where energy is supplied internally by fossil fuel. #GeoffreyWest

From a scientific perspective the truly revolutionary character of the Industrial Revolution was the dramatic change from an open system where energy is supplied externally by the sun to a closed system where energy is supplied internally by fossil fuel. #GeoffreyWest — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 3, 2026

As talented as we are, mind reading is not a core human competency. #JulieZhuo

As talented as we are, mind reading is not a core human competency. #JulieZhuo — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 1, 2026

We need to be alone because life among other people unfolds too quickly. #AlaindeBotton

We need to be alone because life among other people unfolds too quickly. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 1, 2026

Your role as a manager is not to do the work yourself, even if you are the best at it, because that will only take you so far. Your role is to improve the purpose, people, and process of your team to get as high a multiplier effect on your collective outcome as you can #JulieZhuo

Your role as a manager is not to do the work yourself, even if you are the best at it, because that will only take you so far. Your role is to improve the purpose, people, and process of your team to get as high a multiplier effect on your collective outcome as you can #JulieZhuo — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 28, 2026

Effective thinking isn't about 'working hard' in any brute or rote sense; it is about learning to spot, defend, nurture and grow our fleeting, tentative periods of insight. #TheSchoolOfLife

Effective thinking isn't about 'working hard' in any brute or rote sense; it is about learning to spot, defend, nurture and grow our fleeting, tentative periods of insight. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 27, 2026