English Quotes

Put differently, how much of male-female differences in income has been due to employer discrimination and how much to other differences arising from social restrictions or other factors is a question rather than a foregone conclusion. #ThomasSowell — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 1, 2024

The best agencies understood the importance of routines. The worst agencies were headed by people who never thought about it, and then wondered why no one followed their orders. #CharlesDuhigg

The best agencies understood the importance of routines. The worst agencies were headed by people who never thought about it, and then wondered why no one followed their orders. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 31, 2024

Moral improvement occurs most reliably when the heart is warmed, when we come into contact with people we admire and love and we consciously and unconsciously bend our lives to mimic theirs. #DavidBrooks

Moral improvement occurs most reliably when the heart is warmed, when we come into contact with people we admire and love and we consciously and unconsciously bend our lives to mimic theirs. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 31, 2024

Those reasonable metaphysics, those consoling ethics with which they would like to entice us only accentuate the disorder from which we suffer. #SimonedeBeauvoir

Those reasonable metaphysics, those consoling ethics with which they would like to entice us only accentuate the disorder from which we suffer. #SimonedeBeauvoir — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 31, 2024

Athenian democracy was very limited [...] twice as many slaves as citizens, and no woman or foreigner had citizenship rights. But for those who were included, this nascent democracy had extraordinary implications, undercutting the ability of aristocratic families #StephanieCoontz

Athenian democracy was very limited [...] twice as many slaves as citizens, and no woman or foreigner had citizenship rights. But for those who were included, this nascent democracy had extraordinary implications, undercutting the ability of aristocratic families #StephanieCoontz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 31, 2024

[In contrast to joy:] Happiness involves a victory for the self, an expansion of self. Happiness comes as we move toward our goals, when things go our way. You get a big promotion. You graduate from college. Your team wins the Super Bowl. You have a delicious meal. #DavidBrooks

[In contrast to joy:] Happiness involves a victory for the self, an expansion of self. Happiness comes as we move toward our goals, when things go our way. You get a big promotion. You graduate from college. Your team wins the Super Bowl. You have a delicious meal. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 31, 2024

People are equal, not because Thomas Jefferson said so, but because God created them that way. Free markets are the best economic system, not because Adam Smith said so, but because these are the immutable laws of nature. #YuvalNoahHarari

People are equal, not because Thomas Jefferson said so, but because God created them that way. Free markets are the best economic system, not because Adam Smith said so, but because these are the immutable laws of nature. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 30, 2024

We are primarily the products of thinking that happens below the level of awareness. #DavidBrooks

We are primarily the products of thinking that happens below the level of awareness. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 30, 2024

Encouragement requires empathy and seeing the world from your spouse's perspective. We must first learn what is important to our spouse. Only then can we give encouragement. #GaryChapman

Encouragement requires empathy and seeing the world from your spouse's perspective. We must first learn what is important to our spouse. Only then can we give encouragement. #GaryChapman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 30, 2024

[Naive realism] is so easily ratcheted up from the individual to the group level: My group is right because we see things as they are. Those who disagree are obviously biased by their religion, their ideology, or their self-interest. #JonathanHaidt

[Naive realism] is so easily ratcheted up from the individual to the group level: My group is right because we see things as they are. Those who disagree are obviously biased by their religion, their ideology, or their self-interest. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 30, 2024

Sometimes when I think of life, I feel like a piece of driftwood washed up on shore. #HarukiMurakami

Sometimes when I think of life, I feel like a piece of driftwood washed up on shore. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 30, 2024

If the future of humanity is decided in your absence, because you are too busy feeding and clothing your kids, you and they will not be exempt from the consequences. #YuvalNoahHarari

If the future of humanity is decided in your absence, because you are too busy feeding and clothing your kids, you and they will not be exempt from the consequences. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 30, 2024

...humans had an innate tendency to respond to beauty and to desire to possess it. #AlaindeBotton

...humans had an innate tendency to respond to beauty and to desire to possess it. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 29, 2024

I propose that if you want a simple step to a higher form of life, as distant from the animal as you can get, then you may have to denarrate, that is, shut down the television set, minimize time spent reading newspapers, ignore the blogs. #NassimNicholasTaleb

I propose that if you want a simple step to a higher form of life, as distant from the animal as you can get, then you may have to denarrate, that is, shut down the television set, minimize time spent reading newspapers, ignore the blogs. #NassimNicholasTaleb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 29, 2024

To imagine a language is to imagine a form of life. #LudwigWittgenstein

To imagine a language is to imagine a form of life. #LudwigWittgenstein — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 29, 2024

Should we become so proficient at self-presentation that we can dissemble without anyone suspecting? #SusanCain

Should we become so proficient at self-presentation that we can dissemble without anyone suspecting? #SusanCain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 29, 2024

...for many people, exercise is a keystone habit that triggers widespread change. Exercise spills over, said James Prochaska, a University of Rhode Island researcher. There's something about it that makes other good habits easier. #CharlesDuhigg

...for many people, exercise is a keystone habit that triggers widespread change. Exercise spills over, said James Prochaska, a University of Rhode Island researcher. There's something about it that makes other good habits easier. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 29, 2024

The sensation of being alive in the early twenty-first century consisted of the sense that our ability to pay attention--to focus--was cracking and breaking. #JohannHari

The sensation of being alive in the early twenty-first century consisted of the sense that our ability to pay attention--to focus--was cracking and breaking. #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 28, 2024

Wars are started by ambitious men and women whose sense of humour plays no part in the serious business of running a country. #PaulArden

Wars are started by ambitious men and women whose sense of humour plays no part in the serious business of running a country. #PaulArden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 28, 2024

We forget that nothing happens in life independently of other things. #DerrenBrown

We forget that nothing happens in life independently of other things. #DerrenBrown — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 28, 2024

The sense of gratitude produces true spiritual alchemy, makes us magnanimous--large souled. #SamKee

The sense of gratitude produces true spiritual alchemy, makes us magnanimous--large souled. #SamKee — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 28, 2024

if a man doesn't have a job or an income, he has neither life nor liberty nor the possibility for the pursuit of happiness. He merely exists. #BernieSanders

if a man doesn't have a job or an income, he has neither life nor liberty nor the possibility for the pursuit of happiness. He merely exists. #BernieSanders — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 28, 2024

[Men] may even be in some sense reliant on [women's] good will to maintain his tenuous sense of self-worth. Her resentment or blame may feel like a betrayal, a reversal of the proper moral relations between them, and this may make him seek payback, revenge, retribution #KateManne

[Men] may even be in some sense reliant on [women's] good will to maintain his tenuous sense of self-worth. Her resentment or blame may feel like a betrayal, a reversal of the proper moral relations between them, and this may make him seek payback, revenge, retribution #KateManne — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 27, 2024

It is according to how we are able to answer the question of what we do (normally the first enquiry we will have to field in any new acquaintance) that the quality of our reception is likely to be decided. #AlaindeBotton

It is according to how we are able to answer the question of what we do (normally the first enquiry we will have to field in any new acquaintance) that the quality of our reception is likely to be decided. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 27, 2024

...people often (but not always) take on risky projects because they are overly optimistic about the odds they face. #DanielKahneman

...people often (but not always) take on risky projects because they are overly optimistic about the odds they face. #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 27, 2024

The philosopher Edmund Pincoffs has argued that consequentialists and deontologists worked together to convince Westerners in the twentieth century that morality is the study of moral quandaries and dilemmas. #JonathanHaidt

The philosopher Edmund Pincoffs has argued that consequentialists and deontologists worked together to convince Westerners in the twentieth century that morality is the study of moral quandaries and dilemmas. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 27, 2024

Energy channeled by knowledge is the elixir with which we stave off entropy, and advances in energy capture are advances in human destiny. #StevenPinker

Energy channeled by knowledge is the elixir with which we stave off entropy, and advances in energy capture are advances in human destiny. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 27, 2024

So to cut off all attachments, to shun the pleasures of sensuality and triumph in an effort to escape the pains of loss and defeat--this now strikes me as an inappropriate response to the inevitable presence of some suffering in every life. #JonathanHaidt

So to cut off all attachments, to shun the pleasures of sensuality and triumph in an effort to escape the pains of loss and defeat--this now strikes me as an inappropriate response to the inevitable presence of some suffering in every life. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 27, 2024

...animals evolve to avoid costs whenever possible. [...] If we were typical animals, our attitudes to others would be dominated not by hate, exploitation, spite, competitiveness, or treachery, but by indifference. And so they are. #GeoffreyMiller

...animals evolve to avoid costs whenever possible. [...] If we were typical animals, our attitudes to others would be dominated not by hate, exploitation, spite, competitiveness, or treachery, but by indifference. And so they are. #GeoffreyMiller — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 26, 2024

While they lasted, male friendships included much more physical contact and emotional intensity than most heterosexual men are comfortable with today. James Blake [for ex.] noted from time to time in his diary that he and his friend, while roommates, shared a bed #StephanieCoontz

While they lasted, male friendships included much more physical contact and emotional intensity than most heterosexual men are comfortable with today. James Blake [for ex.] noted from time to time in his diary that he and his friend, while roommates, shared a bed #StephanieCoontz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 26, 2024

If you know what your mind is up to, and why you so easily see the world through a distorting lens of good and evil, you can take steps to reduce your self-righteousness. You can thereby reduce the frequency of conflicts with others who are equally convinced... #JonathanHaidt

If you know what your mind is up to, and why you so easily see the world through a distorting lens of good and evil, you can take steps to reduce your self-righteousness. You can thereby reduce the frequency of conflicts with others who are equally convinced... #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 26, 2024

Bad ideologies such as racism or sexism persist due to ignorance far more than malice. #MarkManson

Bad ideologies such as racism or sexism persist due to ignorance far more than malice. #MarkManson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 25, 2024

With the help of biotechnology and computer algorithms these religions will not only control our minute-by-minute existence, but will be able to shape our bodies, brains and minds, and to create entire virtual worlds complete with hells and heavens. #YuvalNoahHarari

With the help of biotechnology and computer algorithms these religions will not only control our minute-by-minute existence, but will be able to shape our bodies, brains and minds, and to create entire virtual worlds complete with hells and heavens. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 25, 2024

...when we do these kinds of projects most people don't go all the way. We just take some photos [...] So you really are going to run the entire thing? Sometimes the world baffles me. I can't believe that people would really do things like that. #HarukiMurakami

...when we do these kinds of projects most people don't go all the way. We just take some photos [...] So you really are going to run the entire thing? Sometimes the world baffles me. I can't believe that people would really do things like that. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 25, 2024

The model was right, it worked well, but the game turned out to be a different one than anticipated. #NassimNicholasTaleb

The model was right, it worked well, but the game turned out to be a different one than anticipated. #NassimNicholasTaleb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 25, 2024

...youthful rebellion is to put one's self at odds with adult authority not so much to defeat it as to be defeated by it. One opposes it to discover its logic and validity for one's self. And by failing to defeat it, one comes to it, and to greater maturity... #ShelbySteele

...youthful rebellion is to put one's self at odds with adult authority not so much to defeat it as to be defeated by it. One opposes it to discover its logic and validity for one's self. And by failing to defeat it, one comes to it, and to greater maturity... #ShelbySteele — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 24, 2024

We humans are unhappy in large part because we are insatiable; after working hard to get what we want, we routinely lose interest in the object of our desire. #WilliamBIrvine

We humans are unhappy in large part because we are insatiable; after working hard to get what we want, we routinely lose interest in the object of our desire. #WilliamBIrvine — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 24, 2024

Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad. #HenryKissinger

Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad. #HenryKissinger — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 24, 2024

Managing a small team is about mastering a few basic fundamentals: developing a healthy manager-report relationship and creating an environment of support. #JulieZhuo

Managing a small team is about mastering a few basic fundamentals: developing a healthy manager-report relationship and creating an environment of support. #JulieZhuo — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 24, 2024

We are always slow in admitting any great change of which we do not see the intermediate steps #CharlesDarwin

We are always slow in admitting any great change of which we do not see the intermediate steps #CharlesDarwin — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 24, 2024

Health outweighs all other blessings so much that one may really say that a healthy beggar is happier than an ailing king. #Schopenhauer

Health outweighs all other blessings so much that one may really say that a healthy beggar is happier than an ailing king. #Schopenhauer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 23, 2024

White racism had made my race the limit of my individuality. But now the new black consciousness I was learning from people like Gregory wanted me to voluntarily, even proudly, do the same thing that racism had done: make my race more important than my individuality #ShelbySteele

White racism had made my race the limit of my individuality. But now the new black consciousness I was learning from people like Gregory wanted me to voluntarily, even proudly, do the same thing that racism had done: make my race more important than my individuality #ShelbySteele — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 23, 2024

When there is a culture of blame around outages and problems, groups may avoid documenting changes and displaying telemetry where everyone can see them to avoid being blamed for outages. #GeneKim

When there is a culture of blame around outages and problems, groups may avoid documenting changes and displaying telemetry where everyone can see them to avoid being blamed for outages. #GeneKim — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 23, 2024

Sometimes the most valuable of all talents is to be able not to seek resolution; to notice the craving for completeness or certainty or comfort, and not to feel compelled to follow where it leads. #OliverBurkeman

- January 22, 2024

Sometimes the most valuable of all talents is to be able not to seek resolution; to notice the craving for completeness or certainty or comfort, and not to feel compelled to follow where it leads. #OliverBurkeman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 23, 2024

Knowledge that does not change behaviour is useless. But knowledge that changes behaviour quickly loses its relevance. The more data we have and the better we understand history, the faster history alters its course, and the faster our knowledge becomes outdated. #YuvalNoahHarari

- January 22, 2024

Knowledge that does not change behaviour is useless. But knowledge that changes behaviour quickly loses its relevance. The more data we have and the better we understand history, the faster history alters its course, and the faster our knowledge becomes outdated. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 22, 2024

For true-believers [of data], to be disconnected from the data flow risks losing the very meaning of life. What's the point of doing or experiencing anything if nobody knows about it, and if it doesn't contribute something to the global exchange of information? #YuvalNoahHarari

For true-believers [of data], to be disconnected from the data flow risks losing the very meaning of life. What's the point of doing or experiencing anything if nobody knows about it, and if it doesn't contribute something to the global exchange of information? #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 22, 2024

Child labor in Dickensian coal mines, the First World War, and the Great Ukrainian Famine of 1932--33 constituted just a small part of the tuition fees humankind had to pay [for experimenting with liberal democracies, communist dictatorships, and fascist regimes] #YuvalNoahHarari

Child labor in Dickensian coal mines, the First World War, and the Great Ukrainian Famine of 1932--33 constituted just a small part of the tuition fees humankind had to pay [for experimenting with liberal democracies, communist dictatorships, and fascist regimes] #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 22, 2024

One thing that leaders should not do, in my opinion, is be manipulative. #RayDalio

One thing that leaders should not do, in my opinion, is be manipulative. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 21, 2024

We human beings are all fundamentally the same, [Vanier] wrote. We all belong to a common, broken humanity. We all have wounded, vulnerable hearts. Each one of us needs to feel appreciated and understood; we all need help. #DavidBrooks

We human beings are all fundamentally the same, [Vanier] wrote. We all belong to a common, broken humanity. We all have wounded, vulnerable hearts. Each one of us needs to feel appreciated and understood; we all need help. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 21, 2024

It is literary works that last, not literary prizes. I doubt many can tell you who won the Akutagawa Prize two years ago, or the Nobel Prize winner three years back. Can you? #HarukiMurakami

It is literary works that last, not literary prizes. I doubt many can tell you who won the Akutagawa Prize two years ago, or the Nobel Prize winner three years back. Can you? #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 21, 2024

Since the French Revolution, people throughout the world have gradually come to see both equality and individual freedom as fundamental values. [The two values] contradict each other. Equality can be ensured only by curtailing the freedoms of those who are better #YuvalNoahHarari

Since the French Revolution, people throughout the world have gradually come to see both equality and individual freedom as fundamental values. [The two values] contradict each other. Equality can be ensured only by curtailing the freedoms of those who are better #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 21, 2024

If ever a man and his wife, or a man and his mistress, who pass nights as well as days together, absolutely lay aside all good breeding, their intimacy will soon degenerate into a coarse familiarity, infallibly productive of contempt or disgust. #LordChesterfield

If ever a man and his wife, or a man and his mistress, who pass nights as well as days together, absolutely lay aside all good breeding, their intimacy will soon degenerate into a coarse familiarity, infallibly productive of contempt or disgust. #LordChesterfield — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 21, 2024

Don't let the little things divide you when your agreement on the big things should bind you. #RayDalio

Don't let the little things divide you when your agreement on the big things should bind you. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 21, 2024

The bright spotlight we shine on our chosen few makes us blind to the perspective of our adversaries, because everybody else falls outside our view. #RutgerBregman

The bright spotlight we shine on our chosen few makes us blind to the perspective of our adversaries, because everybody else falls outside our view. #RutgerBregman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 20, 2024

We need not agree on everything, but we must find a way to handle our differences so that they do not become divisive. #GaryChapman

We need not agree on everything, but we must find a way to handle our differences so that they do not become divisive. #GaryChapman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 20, 2024

Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories. #HarukiMurakami

Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 20, 2024

Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere. #ThichNhatHanh

- January 19, 2024

Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere. #ThichNhatHanh — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 20, 2024

Sometimes one side is completely wrong (like anti-vaxxers). #StevenNovella

- January 19, 2024

Sometimes one side is completely wrong (like anti-vaxxers). #StevenNovella — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 19, 2024

Someone seems like a good presenter, easy to get along with, and those traits are rewarded. Well, why is that? They're valuable traits, but we put too much of a premium on presenting and not enough on substance and critical thinking. #SusanCain

- January 19, 2024

Someone seems like a good presenter, easy to get along with, and those traits are rewarded. Well, why is that? They're valuable traits, but we put too much of a premium on presenting and not enough on substance and critical thinking. #SusanCain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 19, 2024

We've been taught to be good little boys and girls and good mothers and fathers. If we're going to be one of those good things, better get used to being depressed. #MarshallRosenberg

We've been taught to be good little boys and girls and good mothers and fathers. If we're going to be one of those good things, better get used to being depressed. #MarshallRosenberg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 19, 2024

All these heroes act out what was perhaps the greatest discovery ever made by man's primordial ancestors: if you have the vision and the courage (and a good stout stick, when necessary), you can chase away the worst of snakes. #JordanPeterson

All these heroes act out what was perhaps the greatest discovery ever made by man's primordial ancestors: if you have the vision and the courage (and a good stout stick, when necessary), you can chase away the worst of snakes. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 19, 2024

Anyone who's ever worked in an office environment can readily appreciate the tension between these two metrics. It's part of the reason there are people whose job it is to answer the phone: they are responsive so that others may have throughput [get things done]. #BrianChristian

Anyone who's ever worked in an office environment can readily appreciate the tension between these two metrics. It's part of the reason there are people whose job it is to answer the phone: they are responsive so that others may have throughput [get things done]. #BrianChristian — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 18, 2024

It's the way of scientific progress--if you aren't among the rare few who are immortalized, you are merely part of the great procession of research, a player in a larger drama. #RobertKolker

It's the way of scientific progress--if you aren't among the rare few who are immortalized, you are merely part of the great procession of research, a player in a larger drama. #RobertKolker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 18, 2024

The great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are. #JonathanHaidt

The great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 18, 2024

Whenever possible, the conscious mind likes to pawn off tasks to the non-conscious mind to do automatically. This is precisely what happens when a habit is formed. Habits reduce cognitive load and free up mental capacity, so you can allocate your attention other tasks #JamesClear

Whenever possible, the conscious mind likes to pawn off tasks to the non-conscious mind to do automatically. This is precisely what happens when a habit is formed. Habits reduce cognitive load and free up mental capacity, so you can allocate your attention other tasks #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 18, 2024

Instead of carrying out their jobs without fear or favour, police, prosecutors and journalists behaved as though their job was to mediate between the public and the facts. #DouglasMurray

Instead of carrying out their jobs without fear or favour, police, prosecutors and journalists behaved as though their job was to mediate between the public and the facts. #DouglasMurray — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 18, 2024

The right thing to do when you are in moments of suffering is to stand erect in the suffering. Wait. See what it has to teach you. Understand that your suffering is a task that, if handled correctly, with the help of others, will lead to enlargement, not diminishment #DavidBrooks

The right thing to do when you are in moments of suffering is to stand erect in the suffering. Wait. See what it has to teach you. Understand that your suffering is a task that, if handled correctly, with the help of others, will lead to enlargement, not diminishment #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 17, 2024

If a nation is morally judged by how we treat the weakest and most vulnerable among us, our health care system fails miserably. #BernieSanders

If a nation is morally judged by how we treat the weakest and most vulnerable among us, our health care system fails miserably. #BernieSanders — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 17, 2024

Disagreement is necessary in deliberations among mortals. As the saying goes, the more we disagree, the more chance there is that at least one of us is right. #StevenPinker

Disagreement is necessary in deliberations among mortals. As the saying goes, the more we disagree, the more chance there is that at least one of us is right. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 17, 2024

Every nationalist is haunted by the belief that the past can be altered. He spends part of his time in a fantasy world in which things happen as they should #GeorgeOrwell

Every nationalist is haunted by the belief that the past can be altered. He spends part of his time in a fantasy world in which things happen as they should #GeorgeOrwell — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 17, 2024

To those who have been accustomed to the possession, or even to the hope of public admiration, all other pleasures sicken and decay. #AdamSmith

To those who have been accustomed to the possession, or even to the hope of public admiration, all other pleasures sicken and decay. #AdamSmith — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 17, 2024

A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact. #DanielKahneman

A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact. #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 16, 2024

People rarely appreciate their ignorance, because they lock themselves inside an echo chamber of like-minded friends and self-confirming news feeds, where their beliefs are constantly reinforced and seldom challenged. #YuvalNoahHarari

People rarely appreciate their ignorance, because they lock themselves inside an echo chamber of like-minded friends and self-confirming news feeds, where their beliefs are constantly reinforced and seldom challenged. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 16, 2024

Economics helps you understand that money isn't the only thing that matters in life. #RussRoberts

Economics helps you understand that money isn't the only thing that matters in life. #RussRoberts — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 16, 2024

...I have the satisfaction of seeing better-fed people, better housing, everybody owning their own home, everybody having children who go to school, better health services, recreational facilities, all they could ask for in life. #LeeKuanYew

...I have the satisfaction of seeing better-fed people, better housing, everybody owning their own home, everybody having children who go to school, better health services, recreational facilities, all they could ask for in life. #LeeKuanYew — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 16, 2024

We want something that's very passionate, or boiling, from the get-go. In the past, people weren't looking for something boiling; they just needed some water. #AzizAnsari

- January 15, 2024

We want something that's very passionate, or boiling, from the get-go. In the past, people weren't looking for something boiling; they just needed some water. #AzizAnsari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 16, 2024

True long-term thinking is goal-less thinking. It's not about any single accomplishment. It is about the cycle of endless refinement and continuous improvement. Ultimately, it is your commitment to the process that will determine your progress. #JamesClear

- January 15, 2024

True long-term thinking is goal-less thinking. It's not about any single accomplishment. It is about the cycle of endless refinement and continuous improvement. Ultimately, it is your commitment to the process that will determine your progress. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 15, 2024

The liberal story instructs me to seek freedom to express and realise myself. But both the 'self' and freedom are mythological chimeras borrowed from the fairy tales of ancient times. Liberalism has a particularly confused notion of 'free will'. #YuvalNoahHarari

The liberal story instructs me to seek freedom to express and realise myself. But both the 'self' and freedom are mythological chimeras borrowed from the fairy tales of ancient times. Liberalism has a particularly confused notion of 'free will'. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 15, 2024

If you make disciplined, caring choices, you are slowly engraving certain tendencies into your mind. You are making it more likely that you will desire the right things and execute the right actions. #DavidBrooks

If you make disciplined, caring choices, you are slowly engraving certain tendencies into your mind. You are making it more likely that you will desire the right things and execute the right actions. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 15, 2024

In reality, if a more advanced future does happen, it's because that future was willed into our lives by a few brave people. #TimUrban

In reality, if a more advanced future does happen, it's because that future was willed into our lives by a few brave people. #TimUrban — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 14, 2024

When unattached to the right ends, communities can be more barbarous than individuals. #DavidBrooks

When unattached to the right ends, communities can be more barbarous than individuals. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 14, 2024

Gradually, without seeing it clearly for quite a while, I came to realize that something is very wrong with the way American women are trying to live their lives today. #BettyFriedan

Gradually, without seeing it clearly for quite a while, I came to realize that something is very wrong with the way American women are trying to live their lives today. #BettyFriedan — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 14, 2024

And so these are the only two things that you are suffering right now: your memory and your imagination. #Sadhguru

And so these are the only two things that you are suffering right now: your memory and your imagination. #Sadhguru — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 14, 2024

Feminine consciousness in Chinese women soared rapidly after they went aboard. This was not simply because of the influence of Western culture and the change in social environment. More important, it was because they had become financially independent. #QianNing

Feminine consciousness in Chinese women soared rapidly after they went aboard. This was not simply because of the influence of Western culture and the change in social environment. More important, it was because they had become financially independent. #QianNing — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 14, 2024

Self-discipline predicted academic performance more robustly than did IQ. Self-discipline also predicted which students would improve their grades over the course of the school year, whereas IQ did not. #CharlesDuhigg

Self-discipline predicted academic performance more robustly than did IQ. Self-discipline also predicted which students would improve their grades over the course of the school year, whereas IQ did not. #CharlesDuhigg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 13, 2024

High levels of criminal violence reduce a nation's economic productivity by 2 to 3 full percentage points of GDP #GaryAHaugen

High levels of criminal violence reduce a nation's economic productivity by 2 to 3 full percentage points of GDP #GaryAHaugen — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 13, 2024

A ruling intelligentsia, whether in Europe, Asia or Africa, treats the masses as raw material to be experimented on, processed, and wasted at will. #EricHoffer

A ruling intelligentsia, whether in Europe, Asia or Africa, treats the masses as raw material to be experimented on, processed, and wasted at will. #EricHoffer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 13, 2024

Frequently mentioned topics populate the mind even as others slip away from awareness. In turn, what the media choose to report corresponds to their view of what is currently on the public's mind. #DanielKahneman

Frequently mentioned topics populate the mind even as others slip away from awareness. In turn, what the media choose to report corresponds to their view of what is currently on the public's mind. #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 13, 2024

An article in the Huffington Post, titled One reason for Netflix's success: it treats employees like grownups. The article explained, Netflix assumes that you have amazing judgment and judgment is the solution for almost every ambiguous problem, not process. #ErinMeyer

An article in the Huffington Post, titled One reason for Netflix's success: it treats employees like grownups. The article explained, Netflix assumes that you have amazing judgment and judgment is the solution for almost every ambiguous problem, not process. #ErinMeyer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 12, 2024

I'm indecisive because I see eight sides to everything. #AprilKepne

I'm indecisive because I see eight sides to everything. #AprilKepne — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 12, 2024

This shift in culture has changed us. In the first place, it has made us a bit more materialistic. College students now say they put more value on money and career success. #DavidBrooks

This shift in culture has changed us. In the first place, it has made us a bit more materialistic. College students now say they put more value on money and career success. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 12, 2024

When the desired response isn't forthcoming, do we ask others to guess what we have been too angrily panicked to spell out? Or can we have a plausible second go and take seriously the thought that others are not merely wilfully misunderstanding us? #AlaindeBotton

When the desired response isn't forthcoming, do we ask others to guess what we have been too angrily panicked to spell out? Or can we have a plausible second go and take seriously the thought that others are not merely wilfully misunderstanding us? #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 12, 2024

I was simply liberated by the thought that there might be a way to engage with religion without having to subscribe to its supernatural content--a way, to put it in more abstract terms, to think about Fathers without upsetting my respectful memory of my own father #AlaindeBotton

I was simply liberated by the thought that there might be a way to engage with religion without having to subscribe to its supernatural content--a way, to put it in more abstract terms, to think about Fathers without upsetting my respectful memory of my own father #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 12, 2024

Men are not born equal in either physical or mental capacity. But a socialist believes that society as a whole will benefit, and there will be more happiness for more people, if all are given equal opportunities for education and advancement regardless of [property]. #LeeKuanYew

Men are not born equal in either physical or mental capacity. But a socialist believes that society as a whole will benefit, and there will be more happiness for more people, if all are given equal opportunities for education and advancement regardless of [property]. #LeeKuanYew — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 11, 2024

[Quoting] We ourselves can be gods or demons. It depends on karma. If a person behaves like a demon, for example he kills someone, then that person is truly a demon. A person who behaves in a divine manner, because a person has divinity in him, he is like a god... #JonathanHaidt

[Quoting] We ourselves can be gods or demons. It depends on karma. If a person behaves like a demon, for example he kills someone, then that person is truly a demon. A person who behaves in a divine manner, because a person has divinity in him, he is like a god... #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 11, 2024

We readily treat children with a degree of kindness that we are oddly and woefully reluctant to show to our peers. #AlaindeBotton

We readily treat children with a degree of kindness that we are oddly and woefully reluctant to show to our peers. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 11, 2024

We no longer believe in papal infallibility; we seem to believe in the infallibility of the Nobel, though... #NassimNicholasTaleb

We no longer believe in papal infallibility; we seem to believe in the infallibility of the Nobel, though... #NassimNicholasTaleb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 11, 2024

There are heroes and schmucks in all worlds. The most important thing is whether you are willing to engage in moral struggle against yourself. #DavidBrooks

There are heroes and schmucks in all worlds. The most important thing is whether you are willing to engage in moral struggle against yourself. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 11, 2024

For millennia, much of what passed for news and facts in human social networks were stories about miracles, angels, demons, and witches, with bold reporters giving live coverage straight from the deepest pits of the underworld. #YuvalNoahHarari

For millennia, much of what passed for news and facts in human social networks were stories about miracles, angels, demons, and witches, with bold reporters giving live coverage straight from the deepest pits of the underworld. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 10, 2024

...all organisms require alternating periods of growth and equilibrium. Any person or system exposed to ceaseless novelty and change risks falling into chaos; but one that is too rigid or static ceases to grow and eventually dies. #EstherPerel

...all organisms require alternating periods of growth and equilibrium. Any person or system exposed to ceaseless novelty and change risks falling into chaos; but one that is too rigid or static ceases to grow and eventually dies. #EstherPerel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 10, 2024

To be adult is to be alone. #JeanRostand

To be adult is to be alone. #JeanRostand — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 10, 2024

We will still be anxious when we finally have the house, the relationship and the right income. #AlaindeBotton

We will still be anxious when we finally have the house, the relationship and the right income. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 10, 2024

The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence. #SamHarris

The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence. #SamHarris — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 10, 2024

On the first mountain, a person makes individual choices and keeps their options open. The second mountain is a vale of promise making. It is about making commitments, tying oneself down, and giving oneself away. #DavidBrooks

On the first mountain, a person makes individual choices and keeps their options open. The second mountain is a vale of promise making. It is about making commitments, tying oneself down, and giving oneself away. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 10, 2024

The two dominant components that constitute a city, its physical infrastructure and its socioeconomic activity, can both be conceptualized as approximately self-similar fractal-like network structures. #GeoffreyWest

The two dominant components that constitute a city, its physical infrastructure and its socioeconomic activity, can both be conceptualized as approximately self-similar fractal-like network structures. #GeoffreyWest — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 9, 2024

...this sense of isolation, like acid spilling out of a bottle, can unconsciously eat away at a person's heart and dissolve it. You could see it, too, as a kind of double-edged sword. It protects me, but at the same time steadily cuts away at me from the inside. #HarukiMurakami

...this sense of isolation, like acid spilling out of a bottle, can unconsciously eat away at a person's heart and dissolve it. You could see it, too, as a kind of double-edged sword. It protects me, but at the same time steadily cuts away at me from the inside. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 9, 2024

We need a broad and more integrated scientific framework that encompasses a quantitative, predictive, mechanistic theory for understanding the relationship between human-engineered systems, both social and physical, and the natural environment #GeoffreyWest

- January 08, 2024

We need a broad and more integrated scientific framework that encompasses a quantitative, predictive, mechanistic theory for understanding the relationship between human-engineered systems, both social and physical, and the natural environment #GeoffreyWest — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 9, 2024

Read 500 pages like this every day. That's how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will do it. #WarrenBuffett

- January 08, 2024

Read 500 pages like this every day. That's how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will do it. #WarrenBuffett — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 8, 2024

King had argued that whites were obligated to morality and democratic principles. But white guilt meant they were obligated to black people because they needed the moral authority only black people could bestow. #ShelbySteele

- January 08, 2024

King had argued that whites were obligated to morality and democratic principles. But white guilt meant they were obligated to black people because they needed the moral authority only black people could bestow. #ShelbySteele — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 8, 2024

Why should women accept this picture of a half-life, instead of a share in the whole of human destiny? #BettyFriedan

Why should women accept this picture of a half-life, instead of a share in the whole of human destiny? #BettyFriedan — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 8, 2024

...many of the things people think are unprecedented in family life today are not actually new. Almost every marital and sexual arrangement we have seen in recent years, however startling it may appear, has been tried somewhere before. #StephanieCoontz

...many of the things people think are unprecedented in family life today are not actually new. Almost every marital and sexual arrangement we have seen in recent years, however startling it may appear, has been tried somewhere before. #StephanieCoontz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 8, 2024

A common tagline for natural selection is survival of the fittest, but survival actually takes a back seat to reproduction. #KevinSimler

A common tagline for natural selection is survival of the fittest, but survival actually takes a back seat to reproduction. #KevinSimler — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 7, 2024

Throughout the millennia and across cultures, those who have thought carefully about desire have drawn the conclusion that spending our days working to get whatever it is we find ourselves wanting is unlikely to bring us either happiness or tranquility. #WilliamBIrvine

Throughout the millennia and across cultures, those who have thought carefully about desire have drawn the conclusion that spending our days working to get whatever it is we find ourselves wanting is unlikely to bring us either happiness or tranquility. #WilliamBIrvine — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 7, 2024

Babies who show a lot more activity on the right side of the forehead become toddlers who are more anxious about novel situations; as teenagers, they are more likely to be fearful about dating and social activities; and, finally, as adults, [needing psychotherapy] #JonathanHaidt

Babies who show a lot more activity on the right side of the forehead become toddlers who are more anxious about novel situations; as teenagers, they are more likely to be fearful about dating and social activities; and, finally, as adults, [needing psychotherapy] #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 7, 2024

[The world] has an increasing number of feedback loops, causing events to be the cause of more events (say, people buy a book because other people bought it), thus generating snowballs and arbitrary and unpredictable planet-wide winner-take-all effects. #NassimNicholasTaleb

[The world] has an increasing number of feedback loops, causing events to be the cause of more events (say, people buy a book because other people bought it), thus generating snowballs and arbitrary and unpredictable planet-wide winner-take-all effects. #NassimNicholasTaleb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 7, 2024

We need to become better friends to ourselves. #AlaindeBotton

- January 06, 2024

We need to become better friends to ourselves. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 7, 2024

The proportion of Americans who read books for pleasure is now at its lowest level ever recorded [...] between 2004 and 2017, the proportion of men reading for pleasure had fallen by 40 percent, while for women, it was down by 29 percent. #JohannHari

- January 06, 2024

The proportion of Americans who read books for pleasure is now at its lowest level ever recorded [...] between 2004 and 2017, the proportion of men reading for pleasure had fallen by 40 percent, while for women, it was down by 29 percent. #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 6, 2024

I am determined to practice deep listening. I am determined to practice loving speech. #ThichNhatHanh

- January 05, 2024

I am determined to practice deep listening. I am determined to practice loving speech. #ThichNhatHanh — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 6, 2024

Almost all the prophecies of Marx and his followers have already proved to be false, but this does not disturb the spiritual certainty of the faithful, any more than it did in the case of chiliastic sects. #LeszekKolakowski

Almost all the prophecies of Marx and his followers have already proved to be false, but this does not disturb the spiritual certainty of the faithful, any more than it did in the case of chiliastic sects. #LeszekKolakowski — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 3, 2024

All real work requires a dedication to engage in deliberate practice, the willingness to do the boring things over and over again, just to master a skill. #DavidBrooks

All real work requires a dedication to engage in deliberate practice, the willingness to do the boring things over and over again, just to master a skill. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 3, 2024

When the flight of wealth gets bad enough, the country outlaws it. Those seeking to get out begin to panic. #RayDalio

When the flight of wealth gets bad enough, the country outlaws it. Those seeking to get out begin to panic. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 3, 2024

Here's what is truly at the heart of wholeheartedness: Worthy now. Not if, not when, we're worthy of love and belonging now. Right this minute. As is. #BreneBrown

Here's what is truly at the heart of wholeheartedness: Worthy now. Not if, not when, we're worthy of love and belonging now. Right this minute. As is. #BreneBrown — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 3, 2024

For a creative person starting out on a career, try not thinking about film or media or whatever. Think about money. #PaulArden

For a creative person starting out on a career, try not thinking about film or media or whatever. Think about money. #PaulArden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 3, 2024

Kahneman has observed that humans are never so irrational as when protecting their pet ideas. #StevenPinker

Kahneman has observed that humans are never so irrational as when protecting their pet ideas. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 3, 2024

The most important thing is, Do you have the courage to admit that you're wrong? And do you change? The most important thing to me as a CEO is that we keep the courage. #TimCook

The most important thing is, Do you have the courage to admit that you're wrong? And do you change? The most important thing to me as a CEO is that we keep the courage. #TimCook — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 2, 2024

The liminal is an exploration of the limits of the permissible, controlled and ritually sanctioned by the group. It therefore contains elements of transgression as well as a mechanism designed to reestablish the 'normal' order of things. #EvaIllouz

The liminal is an exploration of the limits of the permissible, controlled and ritually sanctioned by the group. It therefore contains elements of transgression as well as a mechanism designed to reestablish the 'normal' order of things. #EvaIllouz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 2, 2024

Rather, the attachment of mother and child is so enormously important for the survival of the child that a dedicated system is built into mother and child in all species that rely on maternal care. #JonathanHaidt

Rather, the attachment of mother and child is so enormously important for the survival of the child that a dedicated system is built into mother and child in all species that rely on maternal care. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 2, 2024

Where a law is that widely broken, you can't possibly enforce it against every lawbreaker. The legal system would collapse under the weight of it. So you go after the people who are least able to resist, to argue back, to appeal--the poorest and most disliked groups. #JohannHari

Where a law is that widely broken, you can't possibly enforce it against every lawbreaker. The legal system would collapse under the weight of it. So you go after the people who are least able to resist, to argue back, to appeal--the poorest and most disliked groups. #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 2, 2024

Worship your own body and beauty and sexual allure and you will always feel ugly, and when time and age start showing, you will die a million deaths before they finally plant you. #DavidBrooks

Worship your own body and beauty and sexual allure and you will always feel ugly, and when time and age start showing, you will die a million deaths before they finally plant you. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 2, 2024

In fact, one of the best predictors of dominance is the ratio of eye contact while speaking to eye contact while listening. Psychologists call this the visual dominance ratio. #KevinSimler

In fact, one of the best predictors of dominance is the ratio of eye contact while speaking to eye contact while listening. Psychologists call this the visual dominance ratio. #KevinSimler — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 2, 2024

Maternal health generally gets minimal attention because those who die or suffer injuries overwhelmingly start with three strikes against them: They are female, they are poor, and they are rural. Women are marginalized in the developing world, They are an expendable commodit…

Maternal health generally gets minimal attention because those who die or suffer injuries overwhelmingly start with three strikes against them: They are female, they are poor, and they are rural. Women are marginalized in the developing world, They are an expendable commodit… — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 1, 2024

The most surprising discovery made by Baumeister's group shows, as he puts it, that the idea of mental energy is more than a mere metaphor. #DanielKahneman

The most surprising discovery made by Baumeister's group shows, as he puts it, that the idea of mental energy is more than a mere metaphor. #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 1, 2024

A full-time housewife's work at home could usually save a family more than she could earn in wages. #StephanieCoontz

A full-time housewife's work at home could usually save a family more than she could earn in wages. #StephanieCoontz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jan 1, 2024

Humans think in stories rather than in facts, numbers, or equations, and the simpler the story, the better. #YuvalNoahHarari