English Quotes

It's when crisis hits--when the bombs fall or the floodwaters rise--that we humans become our best selves. #RutgerBregman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 1, 2024

The mistake that people make in the focusing illusion involves attention to selected moments and neglect of what happens at other times. The mind is good with stories, but it does not appear to be well designed for the processing of time. #DanielKahneman

The mistake that people make in the focusing illusion involves attention to selected moments and neglect of what happens at other times. The mind is good with stories, but it does not appear to be well designed for the processing of time. #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 1, 2024

It is extremely hard to discover the truth when you are ruling the world. You are just far too busy. #YuvalNoahHarari

It is extremely hard to discover the truth when you are ruling the world. You are just far too busy. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 31, 2023

Noise, especially noise that is variable or intermittent, interferes with concentration and increases stress. #JonathanHaidt

Noise, especially noise that is variable or intermittent, interferes with concentration and increases stress. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 31, 2023

Thus the Brexit debate in Britain--a major nuclear power--revolved mainly around questions of economics and immigration, while the vital contribution of the EU to European and global peace has largely been ignored. #YuvalNoahHarari

Thus the Brexit debate in Britain--a major nuclear power--revolved mainly around questions of economics and immigration, while the vital contribution of the EU to European and global peace has largely been ignored. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 31, 2023

The proportion of women attending college in comparison with men dropped from 47 per cent in 1920 to 35 per cent in 1958. A century earlier, women had fought for higher education; now girls went to college to get a husband. #BettyFriedan

The proportion of women attending college in comparison with men dropped from 47 per cent in 1920 to 35 per cent in 1958. A century earlier, women had fought for higher education; now girls went to college to get a husband. #BettyFriedan — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 31, 2023

Happiness is a thing of here and now, the bright leaf in the hand, the moment's sun, the fight accomplished or the summit won. #RichardEyre

Happiness is a thing of here and now, the bright leaf in the hand, the moment's sun, the fight accomplished or the summit won. #RichardEyre — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 31, 2023

The left often refers nonjudgmentally to sex workers and tends to be tolerant of transactions among consenting adults. The right, joined by some feminists, refers to prostitutes or prostituted women and argues that prostitution is inherently demeaning... #NicholasDKristof

The left often refers nonjudgmentally to sex workers and tends to be tolerant of transactions among consenting adults. The right, joined by some feminists, refers to prostitutes or prostituted women and argues that prostitution is inherently demeaning... #NicholasDKristof — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 31, 2023

The more we trust, the farther we are able to venture. #EstherPerel

The more we trust, the farther we are able to venture. #EstherPerel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 30, 2023

Look-Then-Leap Rule: You set a predetermined amount of time for looking--that is, exploring your options, gathering data--in which you categorically don't choose anyone, no matter how impressive. After that point, you enter the leap phase [commit to the best] #BrianChristian

Look-Then-Leap Rule: You set a predetermined amount of time for looking--that is, exploring your options, gathering data--in which you categorically don't choose anyone, no matter how impressive. After that point, you enter the leap phase [commit to the best] #BrianChristian — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 30, 2023

Forming your worldview by relying on the media would be like forming your view about me by looking only at a picture of my foot. #HansRosling

Forming your worldview by relying on the media would be like forming your view about me by looking only at a picture of my foot. #HansRosling — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 30, 2023

Every individual should be able to draw a line between their contribution to the corporation and their individual aspirations. #ErinMeyer

Every individual should be able to draw a line between their contribution to the corporation and their individual aspirations. #ErinMeyer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 30, 2023

Every man lives by exchanging. #AdamSmith

Every man lives by exchanging. #AdamSmith — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 30, 2023

With such a [vast] library spread out before us, we often skim books or read just the reviews. We might already have encountered the Greatest Idea, the insight that would have transformed us had we savored it, taken it to heart, and worked it into our lives. #JonathanHaidt

With such a [vast] library spread out before us, we often skim books or read just the reviews. We might already have encountered the Greatest Idea, the insight that would have transformed us had we savored it, taken it to heart, and worked it into our lives. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 29, 2023

We continue to need exhortations to be sympathetic and just, even if we do not believe that there is a God who has a hand in wishing to make us so. #AlaindeBotton

We continue to need exhortations to be sympathetic and just, even if we do not believe that there is a God who has a hand in wishing to make us so. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 29, 2023

Since then I have come to understand the truth of all the religions of the world: They struggle with the evil inside a human being. It is impossible to expel evil from the world in its entirety, but it is possible to constrict it within each person. #AleksandrSolzhenitsyn

Since then I have come to understand the truth of all the religions of the world: They struggle with the evil inside a human being. It is impossible to expel evil from the world in its entirety, but it is possible to constrict it within each person. #AleksandrSolzhenitsyn — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 29, 2023

...the effect of facial competence on voting is about three times larger for information-poor and TV-prone voters than for others who are better informed and watch less television. #DanielKahneman

...the effect of facial competence on voting is about three times larger for information-poor and TV-prone voters than for others who are better informed and watch less television. #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 29, 2023

Like Plato, Kant believed that human beings have a dual nature: part animal and part rational. The animal part of us follows the laws of nature, just as does a falling rock or a lion killing its prey. There is no morality in nature; there is only causality. #JonathanHaidt

Like Plato, Kant believed that human beings have a dual nature: part animal and part rational. The animal part of us follows the laws of nature, just as does a falling rock or a lion killing its prey. There is no morality in nature; there is only causality. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 29, 2023

[Wilhelm von Humboldt] also wrote that 'there is only one summit in life--to have taken the measure in feeling of everything human'. This could well be the humanist motto. #YuvalNoahHarari

[Wilhelm von Humboldt] also wrote that 'there is only one summit in life--to have taken the measure in feeling of everything human'. This could well be the humanist motto. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 28, 2023

For years, happiness was always something for my future self to enjoy. I promised myself that once I gained twenty pounds of muscle or after my business was featured in the New York Times, then I could finally relax. #JamesClear

For years, happiness was always something for my future self to enjoy. I promised myself that once I gained twenty pounds of muscle or after my business was featured in the New York Times, then I could finally relax. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 28, 2023

Capitalism is unjust. But it's not criminal like Stalinism. We let millions of Africans die of AIDS, but we don't make racist nationalist declarations like Milosevic. #AlainBadiou

Capitalism is unjust. But it's not criminal like Stalinism. We let millions of Africans die of AIDS, but we don't make racist nationalist declarations like Milosevic. #AlainBadiou — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 28, 2023

But rather than searching for rules to which all people would in fact agree (a difficult task...), Kant turned the problem around and said that people should think about whether the rules guiding their own actions could reasonably be proposed as universal laws. #JonathanHaidt

But rather than searching for rules to which all people would in fact agree (a difficult task...), Kant turned the problem around and said that people should think about whether the rules guiding their own actions could reasonably be proposed as universal laws. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 28, 2023

Bamboo can barely be seen for the first five years as it builds extensive root systems underground before exploding ninety feet into the air within six weeks. Similarly, habits often appear to make no difference until you cross a critical threshold #JamesClear

Bamboo can barely be seen for the first five years as it builds extensive root systems underground before exploding ninety feet into the air within six weeks. Similarly, habits often appear to make no difference until you cross a critical threshold #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 28, 2023

[The problem with talent] is that in most cases the person involved can't control its amount or quality. You might find the amount isn't enough and you want to increase it, or you might try to be frugal and make it last longer, but in neither case do things work #HarukiMurakami

[The problem with talent] is that in most cases the person involved can't control its amount or quality. You might find the amount isn't enough and you want to increase it, or you might try to be frugal and make it last longer, but in neither case do things work #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 28, 2023

Humans try to establish the truth and then base their beliefs on the truth. #StevePeters

Humans try to establish the truth and then base their beliefs on the truth. #StevePeters — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 27, 2023

I don't think we should judge the value of our lives by how efficient they are. #HarukiMurakami

I don't think we should judge the value of our lives by how efficient they are. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 27, 2023

I'm a very ordinary human being; I just happen to like reading books. #HarukiMurakami

I'm a very ordinary human being; I just happen to like reading books. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 27, 2023

If we are overly sensitive, we will be quick to anger. More generally, says Seneca, if we coddle ourselves, if we allow ourselves to be corrupted by pleasure, nothing will seem bearable to us... #WilliamBIrvine

If we are overly sensitive, we will be quick to anger. More generally, says Seneca, if we coddle ourselves, if we allow ourselves to be corrupted by pleasure, nothing will seem bearable to us... #WilliamBIrvine — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 27, 2023

I ignore polling as a method of government. I think that shows a certain weakness of mind--an inability to chart a course whichever way the wind blows, whichever way the media encourages the people to go, you follow. #LeeKuanYew

I ignore polling as a method of government. I think that shows a certain weakness of mind--an inability to chart a course whichever way the wind blows, whichever way the media encourages the people to go, you follow. #LeeKuanYew — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 27, 2023

A typical human being now lives significantly longer than the time between major innovations, especially in developing and developed countries. #GeoffreyWest

A typical human being now lives significantly longer than the time between major innovations, especially in developing and developed countries. #GeoffreyWest — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 27, 2023

In my work, I see couples who no longer wait for an invitation into their partner's interiority, but instead demand admittance, as if they are entitled to unrestricted access into the private thoughts of their loved ones #EstherPerel

In my work, I see couples who no longer wait for an invitation into their partner's interiority, but instead demand admittance, as if they are entitled to unrestricted access into the private thoughts of their loved ones #EstherPerel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 26, 2023

...made me wonder whether our ability and desire to interact with strangers is another muscle that risks atrophy in the smartphone world. #AzizAnsari

...made me wonder whether our ability and desire to interact with strangers is another muscle that risks atrophy in the smartphone world. #AzizAnsari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 26, 2023

It's sometimes hard to avoid losing. Nobody's going to win all the time. #HarukiMurakami

It's sometimes hard to avoid losing. Nobody's going to win all the time. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 26, 2023

Our spouse will usually interpret our message based on our tone of voice, not the words we use. #GaryChapman

Our spouse will usually interpret our message based on our tone of voice, not the words we use. #GaryChapman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 26, 2023

The test of learning psychology is whether your understanding of situations you encounter has changed, not whether you have learned a new fact. #DanielKahneman

The test of learning psychology is whether your understanding of situations you encounter has changed, not whether you have learned a new fact. #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 26, 2023

Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly. #MahatmaGandhi

Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly. #MahatmaGandhi — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 26, 2023

The central problems of our day flow from this erosion: social isolation, distrust, polarization, the breakdown of family, the loss of community, tribalism, rising suicide rates, rising mental health problems, a spiritual crisis caused by a loss of common purpose... #DavidBrooks

The central problems of our day flow from this erosion: social isolation, distrust, polarization, the breakdown of family, the loss of community, tribalism, rising suicide rates, rising mental health problems, a spiritual crisis caused by a loss of common purpose... #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 25, 2023

And same-sex marriage, though rare, has been sanctioned in some cultures under certain conditions. #StephanieCoontz

And same-sex marriage, though rare, has been sanctioned in some cultures under certain conditions. #StephanieCoontz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 25, 2023

Only by knowing the kinds of beings that we actually are, with the complex mental and emotional architecture that we happen to possess, can anyone even begin to ask about what would count as a meaningful life. #JonathanHaidt

Only by knowing the kinds of beings that we actually are, with the complex mental and emotional architecture that we happen to possess, can anyone even begin to ask about what would count as a meaningful life. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 25, 2023

[Alice] Isen has done more random acts of kindness than any other psychologist: [...] she has manipulated the outcome of video games (to let people win); [...] always with the same finding: Happy people are kinder and more helpful than those in the control group. #JonathanHaidt

[Alice] Isen has done more random acts of kindness than any other psychologist: [...] she has manipulated the outcome of video games (to let people win); [...] always with the same finding: Happy people are kinder and more helpful than those in the control group. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 25, 2023

How can anyone possibly be sure that they've made the right one? Get over it: You can't! So you just have to power through and have hope that as you grow and mature, you'll eventually learn to navigate this new romantic world and find someone who does feel right #AzizAnsari

How can anyone possibly be sure that they've made the right one? Get over it: You can't! So you just have to power through and have hope that as you grow and mature, you'll eventually learn to navigate this new romantic world and find someone who does feel right #AzizAnsari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 25, 2023

Baby boomers, already rather inflated from growing up in the unparalleled prosperity of postwar America, were inflated further by an adult authority that often backed down in the face of their rebellion. #ShelbySteele

Baby boomers, already rather inflated from growing up in the unparalleled prosperity of postwar America, were inflated further by an adult authority that often backed down in the face of their rebellion. #ShelbySteele — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 25, 2023

As Voltaire once wrote, The best is the enemy of the good. #JamesClear

As Voltaire once wrote, The best is the enemy of the good. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 24, 2023

...it takes quite a bit of time, plus effort, to go through each stage, step by step, and arrive at a conclusion. Sometimes it takes too long, and by the time I'm convinced, it's already too late. But what're you going to do? That's the kind of person I am. #HarukiMurakami

...it takes quite a bit of time, plus effort, to go through each stage, step by step, and arrive at a conclusion. Sometimes it takes too long, and by the time I'm convinced, it's already too late. But what're you going to do? That's the kind of person I am. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 24, 2023

Zhuangzi said that a truly free person must have no expectations; he is completely free from dependence. In the real world, that was a lofty, unattainable goal. The life of a sparrow would always be easier. #QianNing

Zhuangzi said that a truly free person must have no expectations; he is completely free from dependence. In the real world, that was a lofty, unattainable goal. The life of a sparrow would always be easier. #QianNing — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 24, 2023

We'd be wary of Daniel Kahneman, for example, if he went around introducing himself as a Nobel Prize-winner; we'd wonder why he felt the need to put himself above everyone else. For this reason, we actively celebrate people for being humble... #KevinSimler

We'd be wary of Daniel Kahneman, for example, if he went around introducing himself as a Nobel Prize-winner; we'd wonder why he felt the need to put himself above everyone else. For this reason, we actively celebrate people for being humble... #KevinSimler — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 24, 2023

Suddenly you see [first-date people] got brown shoes, and you don't like brown shoes, so they're out. Or they don't like your haircut, so they're out. But if you were to get to know each other more, those particular characteristics might begin to recede in importance #HelenFisher

Suddenly you see [first-date people] got brown shoes, and you don't like brown shoes, so they're out. Or they don't like your haircut, so they're out. But if you were to get to know each other more, those particular characteristics might begin to recede in importance #HelenFisher — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 24, 2023

It's an universal law--intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility. #AleksandrSolzhenitsyn

It's an universal law--intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility. #AleksandrSolzhenitsyn — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 23, 2023

Resist the urge to squeal out loud at the preposterous notion that a teenager in any sense knows who she is with the level of certainty sufficient to entrust her with life-altering decisions. #AbigailShrier

Resist the urge to squeal out loud at the preposterous notion that a teenager in any sense knows who she is with the level of certainty sufficient to entrust her with life-altering decisions. #AbigailShrier — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 23, 2023

...morality and freedom are not empirical concepts. We can't prove that they exist, but neither can we make sense of our moral lives without presupposing them. #MichaelSandel

...morality and freedom are not empirical concepts. We can't prove that they exist, but neither can we make sense of our moral lives without presupposing them. #MichaelSandel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 23, 2023

We should add that it is a privilege to be the recipient of a sulk: it means the other person respects and trusts us enough to think we should understand their unspoken hurt. It is one of the odder gifts of love. #AlaindeBotton

We should add that it is a privilege to be the recipient of a sulk: it means the other person respects and trusts us enough to think we should understand their unspoken hurt. It is one of the odder gifts of love. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 23, 2023

It is much easier to signal self-confidence if you are exceedingly polite and friendly; you can control people without having to offend their sensitivity. #NassimNicholasTaleb

It is much easier to signal self-confidence if you are exceedingly polite and friendly; you can control people without having to offend their sensitivity. #NassimNicholasTaleb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 23, 2023

Many of the things that make people happy also make their lives meaningful, such as being connected to others, feeling productive, and not being alone or bored. #StevenPinker

Many of the things that make people happy also make their lives meaningful, such as being connected to others, feeling productive, and not being alone or bored. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 22, 2023

Wanting more is a step on the way to a political idea, or so say political theorists, and ideas can have a way of turning themselves into demands. #LauraKipnis

Wanting more is a step on the way to a political idea, or so say political theorists, and ideas can have a way of turning themselves into demands. #LauraKipnis — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 22, 2023

Whatever modern democracies may tell themselves about their commitment to free speech [...], the values of a given society will uncannily match those of whichever organizations have the scale to pay for runs of thirty-second slots around the nightly news bulletin. #AlaindeBotton

Whatever modern democracies may tell themselves about their commitment to free speech [...], the values of a given society will uncannily match those of whichever organizations have the scale to pay for runs of thirty-second slots around the nightly news bulletin. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 22, 2023

Countries that combine free markets with more taxation, social spending, and regulation than the United States (such as Canada, New Zealand, and Western Europe) turn out to be not grim dystopias but rather pleasant places to live #StevenPinker

Countries that combine free markets with more taxation, social spending, and regulation than the United States (such as Canada, New Zealand, and Western Europe) turn out to be not grim dystopias but rather pleasant places to live #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 22, 2023

Hot sex doesn't lead to secure love; rather, secure attachment leads to hot sex--and also to love that lasts. Monogamy is not a myth. #SueJohnson

Hot sex doesn't lead to secure love; rather, secure attachment leads to hot sex--and also to love that lasts. Monogamy is not a myth. #SueJohnson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 22, 2023

We can hope to be fortunate--but we should strive to be wise. #BrianChristian

We can hope to be fortunate--but we should strive to be wise. #BrianChristian — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 21, 2023

Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist. #EricHoffer

Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist. #EricHoffer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 21, 2023

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet. #Plato

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet. #Plato — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 21, 2023

...the idea of intersectionality could be applied to two or more social justice movements of any kind. Taken to its full extent, intersectionality can be used to arrange every demographic group in society into a hierarchy of oppression #TimUrban

...the idea of intersectionality could be applied to two or more social justice movements of any kind. Taken to its full extent, intersectionality can be used to arrange every demographic group in society into a hierarchy of oppression #TimUrban — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 21, 2023

Our focus has to be on changing reality, not changing laws. #SherylWuDunn

Our focus has to be on changing reality, not changing laws. #SherylWuDunn — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 21, 2023

...one of the greatest developments in human history--a billion and a quarter people escaping from squalor--has gone unnoticed. #StevenPinker

...one of the greatest developments in human history--a billion and a quarter people escaping from squalor--has gone unnoticed. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 20, 2023

In America, when you stared at the skyscrapers in a big city, when speeding cars passed you, when you faced a crowd in which each person seemed to be walking purposefully to some destination, you would feel lonely and isolated. #QianNing

In America, when you stared at the skyscrapers in a big city, when speeding cars passed you, when you faced a crowd in which each person seemed to be walking purposefully to some destination, you would feel lonely and isolated. #QianNing — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 20, 2023

A cluster of tendencies hardens over time into what you call your personality, or what you claim to be your true nature. #Sadhguru

A cluster of tendencies hardens over time into what you call your personality, or what you claim to be your true nature. #Sadhguru — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 20, 2023

Music has that power to revive memories, sometimes so intensely that they hurt. #HarukiMurakami

Music has that power to revive memories, sometimes so intensely that they hurt. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 20, 2023

...our predictions about what we will like tend to be mistaken, and as a result, we tend to want things that, when we get them, will make little difference to our level of happiness. #WilliamBIrvine

...our predictions about what we will like tend to be mistaken, and as a result, we tend to want things that, when we get them, will make little difference to our level of happiness. #WilliamBIrvine — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 20, 2023

Cities are sustained by similar network systems such as roads, railways, and electrical lines that transport people, energy, and resources and whose flow is therefore a manifestation of the metabolism of the city. #GeoffreyWest

Cities are sustained by similar network systems such as roads, railways, and electrical lines that transport people, energy, and resources and whose flow is therefore a manifestation of the metabolism of the city. #GeoffreyWest — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 20, 2023

It gives me a lot of energy to talk to developers or meet students in classrooms who are using our technology to help learn faster and better. Watching them pursue their passion. #TimCook

It gives me a lot of energy to talk to developers or meet students in classrooms who are using our technology to help learn faster and better. Watching them pursue their passion. #TimCook — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 19, 2023

We have begun to think: I will look after myself, and everybody else should look after themselves, as individuals [...] These ideas now run so deep in our culture that we even offer them as feel-good bromides to people who feel down--as if it will lift them up. #JohannHari

We have begun to think: I will look after myself, and everybody else should look after themselves, as individuals [...] These ideas now run so deep in our culture that we even offer them as feel-good bromides to people who feel down--as if it will lift them up. #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 19, 2023

By clearing out fog all the way to the bottom, I build a tree trunk in my head, and from then on, all new information can hold on, which makes that topic forever more interesting and productive to learn about. #TimUrban

By clearing out fog all the way to the bottom, I build a tree trunk in my head, and from then on, all new information can hold on, which makes that topic forever more interesting and productive to learn about. #TimUrban — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 19, 2023

I was suffering from culture shock before the phrase was coined #LeeKuanYew

I was suffering from culture shock before the phrase was coined #LeeKuanYew — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 19, 2023

Keep some perspective. Not every problem is a Crisis, Plague, Epidemic, or Existential Threat, and not every change is the End of This, the Death of That, or the Dawn of a Post-Something Era. #StevenPinker

Keep some perspective. Not every problem is a Crisis, Plague, Epidemic, or Existential Threat, and not every change is the End of This, the Death of That, or the Dawn of a Post-Something Era. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 19, 2023

Peacocks would survive better with shorter, lighter, drabber tails. But the sexual choices of peahens have made peacocks evolve big, bright plumage that takes energy to grow and time to preen, and makes it harder to escape from predators such as tigers. #GeoffreyMiller

Peacocks would survive better with shorter, lighter, drabber tails. But the sexual choices of peahens have made peacocks evolve big, bright plumage that takes energy to grow and time to preen, and makes it harder to escape from predators such as tigers. #GeoffreyMiller — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 18, 2023

He [who is heavily introspective] hesitates, he will not commit, and he agonizes over the consequences of being wrong. He introspects, introspects, and introspects until he reaches physical and nervous exhaustion. #NassimNicholasTaleb

He [who is heavily introspective] hesitates, he will not commit, and he agonizes over the consequences of being wrong. He introspects, introspects, and introspects until he reaches physical and nervous exhaustion. #NassimNicholasTaleb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 18, 2023

Whenever you hear a snotty (and frustrated) European middlebrow presenting his stereotypes about Americans, he will often describe them as uncultured, unintellectual, and poor in math #NassimNicholasTaleb

Whenever you hear a snotty (and frustrated) European middlebrow presenting his stereotypes about Americans, he will often describe them as uncultured, unintellectual, and poor in math #NassimNicholasTaleb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 18, 2023

This never-ending dance between change and stability is like the anchor and the waves. Adult relationships mirror these dynamics all too well. We seek a steady, reliable anchor in our partner. Yet at the same time we expect love to offer a transcendent experience... #EstherPerel

This never-ending dance between change and stability is like the anchor and the waves. Adult relationships mirror these dynamics all too well. We seek a steady, reliable anchor in our partner. Yet at the same time we expect love to offer a transcendent experience... #EstherPerel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 18, 2023

[If folks disagree on] something important, they may disagree as amicably as they like if it is just a matter of getting to the truth or the most amenable option [except when] one party finds their whole purpose in life to reside in some aspect of that disagreement #DouglasMurray

[If folks disagree on] something important, they may disagree as amicably as they like if it is just a matter of getting to the truth or the most amenable option [except when] one party finds their whole purpose in life to reside in some aspect of that disagreement #DouglasMurray — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 18, 2023

Truth without love is harshness. Love without truth is sentimentality. #DavidBrooks

Truth without love is harshness. Love without truth is sentimentality. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 17, 2023

Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent. #CharlesDuhigg

Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 17, 2023

If a woman had a problem [...] she knew that something must be wrong with her marriage, or with herself. Other women were satisfied with their lives, she thought. What kind of a woman was she if she did not feel this mysterious fulfillment waxing the kitchen floor? #BettyFriedan

If a woman had a problem [...] she knew that something must be wrong with her marriage, or with herself. Other women were satisfied with their lives, she thought. What kind of a woman was she if she did not feel this mysterious fulfillment waxing the kitchen floor? #BettyFriedan — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 17, 2023

The tools to crush modern slavery exist, but the political will is lacking. #SherylWuDunn

The tools to crush modern slavery exist, but the political will is lacking. #SherylWuDunn — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 17, 2023

[Smile] came not from some sunny feel-good philosophy but from getting knocked down by a boxing coach... 'If you can't smile when you get up from a knockdown... you're never going to lick an opponent.' ... it was necessary to project easy confidence [to win the war] #DavidBrooks

[Smile] came not from some sunny feel-good philosophy but from getting knocked down by a boxing coach... 'If you can't smile when you get up from a knockdown... you're never going to lick an opponent.' ... it was necessary to project easy confidence [to win the war] #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 17, 2023

From time to time, to remind ourselves to relax and be peaceful, we may wish to set aside some time for a retreat, a day of mindfulness, when we can walk slowly, smile, drink tea with a friend, enjoy being together as if we are the happiest people on Earth. #ThichNhatHanh

From time to time, to remind ourselves to relax and be peaceful, we may wish to set aside some time for a retreat, a day of mindfulness, when we can walk slowly, smile, drink tea with a friend, enjoy being together as if we are the happiest people on Earth. #ThichNhatHanh — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 16, 2023

After expressing his appreciation that his glass is half full rather than being completely empty, he will go on to express his delight in even having a glass: It could, after all, have been broken or stolen. #WilliamBIrvine

After expressing his appreciation that his glass is half full rather than being completely empty, he will go on to express his delight in even having a glass: It could, after all, have been broken or stolen. #WilliamBIrvine — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 16, 2023

When people's judgments deviate from a normative model, as they so often do, we have a puzzle to solve. Sometimes the disparity reveals a genuine irrationality: the human brain cannot cope with the complexity of a problem... #StevenPinker

When people's judgments deviate from a normative model, as they so often do, we have a puzzle to solve. Sometimes the disparity reveals a genuine irrationality: the human brain cannot cope with the complexity of a problem... #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 16, 2023

This faith in mobility may explain why the U.S. has a less-generous welfare state than most major European countries. #MichaelSandel

This faith in mobility may explain why the U.S. has a less-generous welfare state than most major European countries. #MichaelSandel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 16, 2023

Letting off steam makes people angrier, not calmer. Pennebaker discovered that it's not about steam; it's about sense making [...] It was the people who made progress across the four days, who showed increasing insight; they were the ones whose health improved... #JonathanHaidt

Letting off steam makes people angrier, not calmer. Pennebaker discovered that it's not about steam; it's about sense making [...] It was the people who made progress across the four days, who showed increasing insight; they were the ones whose health improved... #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 16, 2023

The Making of a Manager: The first criterion looks at our team's present outcomes; the second criterion asks whether we're set up for great outcomes in the future. #JulieZhuo

The Making of a Manager: The first criterion looks at our team's present outcomes; the second criterion asks whether we're set up for great outcomes in the future. #JulieZhuo — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 16, 2023

He intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was not part of his intention. #AdamSmith

He intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was not part of his intention. #AdamSmith — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 15, 2023

My philosophy is to find the investor who will like to invest in me, not just in our business. #EricYuan

My philosophy is to find the investor who will like to invest in me, not just in our business. #EricYuan — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 15, 2023

We are a demented species. #AlaindeBotton

We are a demented species. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 15, 2023

This disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich [...] neglect persons of poor and mean condition, though necessary both to establish and to maintain the distinction of ranks and the order of society, is [...] cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments. #AdamSmith

This disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich [...] neglect persons of poor and mean condition, though necessary both to establish and to maintain the distinction of ranks and the order of society, is [...] cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments. #AdamSmith — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 15, 2023

Your right to swing your arms ends just where another person's nose begins. #TimUrban

Your right to swing your arms ends just where another person's nose begins. #TimUrban — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 15, 2023

Persistence isn't very glamorous. If genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, then as a culture we tend to lionize the one percent. We love its flash and dazzle. But great power lies in the other ninety-nine percent. #SusanCain

Persistence isn't very glamorous. If genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, then as a culture we tend to lionize the one percent. We love its flash and dazzle. But great power lies in the other ninety-nine percent. #SusanCain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 14, 2023

Of course it's the writer who creates the characters; but characters who are--in a real sense--alive will eventually break free of the writer's control and begin to act independently. #HarukiMurakami

Of course it's the writer who creates the characters; but characters who are--in a real sense--alive will eventually break free of the writer's control and begin to act independently. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 14, 2023

Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness? #HarukiMurakami

Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness? #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 14, 2023

Often we blame a region's religion when the oppression instead may be rooted in its culture. Yet, that acknowledged, it's also true that... it is often cited by the oppressors. #NicholasDKristof

Often we blame a region's religion when the oppression instead may be rooted in its culture. Yet, that acknowledged, it's also true that... it is often cited by the oppressors. #NicholasDKristof — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 14, 2023

[If you are a pessimist] The second step is to cherish and build your social support network. Having one or two good attachment relationships helps adults as well as children (and rhesus monkeys) to face threats. Trusted friends who are good listeners... #JonathanHaidt

[If you are a pessimist] The second step is to cherish and build your social support network. Having one or two good attachment relationships helps adults as well as children (and rhesus monkeys) to face threats. Trusted friends who are good listeners... #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 14, 2023

Why does it limit women to one passion, one role, one occupation? Not long ago, women dreamed and fought for equality, their own place in the world. What happened to their dreams; when did women decide to give up the world and go back home? #BettyFriedan

Why does it limit women to one passion, one role, one occupation? Not long ago, women dreamed and fought for equality, their own place in the world. What happened to their dreams; when did women decide to give up the world and go back home? #BettyFriedan — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 14, 2023

Terrorists hold our imagination captive, and use it against us. Again and again we rehearse the terrorist attack on the stage of our mind--remembering 9/11 or the latest suicide bombings. #YuvalNoahHarari

Terrorists hold our imagination captive, and use it against us. Again and again we rehearse the terrorist attack on the stage of our mind--remembering 9/11 or the latest suicide bombings. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 13, 2023

The widespread sex culture was directly related to the freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution, which publishers of pornography used to legitimize their business. #QianNing

The widespread sex culture was directly related to the freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution, which publishers of pornography used to legitimize their business. #QianNing — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 13, 2023

It can motivate us to make tough but worthwhile career changes if we find ourselves compelled to speak too often about topics that leave us cold. There is no one more courageous than the person who speaks with the courage of his convictions. #SusanCain

It can motivate us to make tough but worthwhile career changes if we find ourselves compelled to speak too often about topics that leave us cold. There is no one more courageous than the person who speaks with the courage of his convictions. #SusanCain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 13, 2023

So often we use the word snapped when we don't know where a burst of anger is coming from or why someone is having a violent reaction. Well, now we know: Something has happened in the moment that triggers one of the brain's trauma memories. #BruceDPerry

So often we use the word snapped when we don't know where a burst of anger is coming from or why someone is having a violent reaction. Well, now we know: Something has happened in the moment that triggers one of the brain's trauma memories. #BruceDPerry — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 13, 2023

This nonjudgmental stance toward values lies at the heart of market reasoning and explains much of its appeal. But our reluctance to engage in moral and spiritual argument, together with our embrace of markets, has exacted a heavy price #MichaelSandel

This nonjudgmental stance toward values lies at the heart of market reasoning and explains much of its appeal. But our reluctance to engage in moral and spiritual argument, together with our embrace of markets, has exacted a heavy price #MichaelSandel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 13, 2023

[The wise] are not fundamentally ashamed of themselves because they have already shed so much of their pride. #AlaindeBotton

[The wise] are not fundamentally ashamed of themselves because they have already shed so much of their pride. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 13, 2023

Want to exercise more? Choose a cue, such as going to the gym as soon as you wake up, and a reward, such as a smoothie after each workout. Then think about that smoothie, or about the endorphin rush you'll feel. Allow yourself to anticipate the reward. #CharlesDuhigg

Want to exercise more? Choose a cue, such as going to the gym as soon as you wake up, and a reward, such as a smoothie after each workout. Then think about that smoothie, or about the endorphin rush you'll feel. Allow yourself to anticipate the reward. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 12, 2023

I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself. #JaneAusten

I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself. #JaneAusten — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 12, 2023

We frequently see the respectful attentions of the world more strongly directed towards the rich and the great, than towards the wise and the virtuous. #RussRoberts

We frequently see the respectful attentions of the world more strongly directed towards the rich and the great, than towards the wise and the virtuous. #RussRoberts — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Dec 12, 2023

We may not succeed in educating all the girls in poor countries, or in preventing all women from dying in childbirth, or in saving all the girls who are imprisoned in brothels. [But it's worth it for the ones who are saved.] #NicholasDKristof