English Quotes

Despite being a certified left-wing feminist, I just don't believe that experience or identity credentialize you intellectually. #LauraKipnis — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 1, 2024

Not writing novels isn't going to kill me. After a while, however, the desire to write begins to mount. I can feel my material building up within me, like spring melt pressing against a dam. Then one day [...] I sit down at my desk and start to write. #HarukiMurakami

Not writing novels isn't going to kill me. After a while, however, the desire to write begins to mount. I can feel my material building up within me, like spring melt pressing against a dam. Then one day [...] I sit down at my desk and start to write. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 1, 2024

Polykarp Kusch, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, has declared that there is no 'scientific method,' and that what is called by that name can be outlined for only quite simple problems. #CWrightMills

Polykarp Kusch, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, has declared that there is no 'scientific method,' and that what is called by that name can be outlined for only quite simple problems. #CWrightMills — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 31, 2024

It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results. #WarrenBuffett

It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results. #WarrenBuffett — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 31, 2024

Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility. But we have seen that it is one of the lies of the serious mind to attempt to give the word useful an absolute meaning #SimonedeBeauvoir

Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility. But we have seen that it is one of the lies of the serious mind to attempt to give the word useful an absolute meaning #SimonedeBeauvoir — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 31, 2024

And never before have unmarried people, living alone or in couples, had the same rights as married adults. #StephanieCoontz

And never before have unmarried people, living alone or in couples, had the same rights as married adults. #StephanieCoontz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 31, 2024

In order to fulfill yourself, you have to forget yourself. In order to find yourself, you have to lose yourself. #DavidBrooks

In order to fulfill yourself, you have to forget yourself. In order to find yourself, you have to lose yourself. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 31, 2024

The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool. #GeorgeSantayana

The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool. #GeorgeSantayana — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 30, 2024

[Aron found that sensitive people] avoid violent movies and TV shows; they're acutely aware of the consequences of a lapse in their own behavior. In social settings they often focus on subjects like personal problems, which others consider too heavy. #SusanCain

[Aron found that sensitive people] avoid violent movies and TV shows; they're acutely aware of the consequences of a lapse in their own behavior. In social settings they often focus on subjects like personal problems, which others consider too heavy. #SusanCain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 30, 2024

The systematic association between love, marriage, and bliss was different from nineteenth-century representations, in which love was more often tragic rather than a happy feeling. #EvaIllouz

The systematic association between love, marriage, and bliss was different from nineteenth-century representations, in which love was more often tragic rather than a happy feeling. #EvaIllouz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 30, 2024

The man who is endowed with important personal qualities will be only too ready to see clearly in what respects his own nation falls short, since their failings will be constantly before his eyes. #Schopenhauer

The man who is endowed with important personal qualities will be only too ready to see clearly in what respects his own nation falls short, since their failings will be constantly before his eyes. #Schopenhauer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 30, 2024

Putting aside the issue of how compelling her need for money may have been, and how significant her understanding of the consequences, we suggest that her consent is irrelevant. There are, in a civilized society, some things that money cannot buy. #MichaelSandel

Putting aside the issue of how compelling her need for money may have been, and how significant her understanding of the consequences, we suggest that her consent is irrelevant. There are, in a civilized society, some things that money cannot buy. #MichaelSandel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 30, 2024

...I've had to constantly keep my body in motion, in some cases pushing myself to the limit, in order to heal the loneliness I feel inside and to put it in perspective. Not so much as an intentional act, but as an instinctive reaction. #HarukiMurakami

...I've had to constantly keep my body in motion, in some cases pushing myself to the limit, in order to heal the loneliness I feel inside and to put it in perspective. Not so much as an intentional act, but as an instinctive reaction. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 29, 2024

With every passing day I am physically less energetic and less active. [...] You take life as it comes, with your physical capabilities declining over the years. #LeeKuanYew

With every passing day I am physically less energetic and less active. [...] You take life as it comes, with your physical capabilities declining over the years. #LeeKuanYew — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 29, 2024

For decades, Hollywood screenplays and rock song lyrics have equated joy and freedom with an escape from reason. A man needs a little madness or else he never dares cut the rope and be free, said Zorba the Greek. Stop making sense, advised Talking Heads #StevenPinker

For decades, Hollywood screenplays and rock song lyrics have equated joy and freedom with an escape from reason. A man needs a little madness or else he never dares cut the rope and be free, said Zorba the Greek. Stop making sense, advised Talking Heads #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 29, 2024

When he felt a surge of hatred, he refused to let it rule him. Anger cannot win. It cannot even think clearly #DavidBrooks

When he felt a surge of hatred, he refused to let it rule him. Anger cannot win. It cannot even think clearly #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 29, 2024

You can do what you decide to do--but you cannot decide what you will decide to do. #SamHarris

You can do what you decide to do--but you cannot decide what you will decide to do. #SamHarris — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 29, 2024

The more we regard our success as our own doing, the less responsibility we feel for those who fall behind. #MichaelSandel

The more we regard our success as our own doing, the less responsibility we feel for those who fall behind. #MichaelSandel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 29, 2024

Suffering comes in many forms. Some people are busy at work but realize they've lost the thread of their lives. Some people suffer a heartbreak. Some people lose a loved one, which makes them feel as if some bright future is forever lost. Others get knocked sideways #DavidBrooks

Suffering comes in many forms. Some people are busy at work but realize they've lost the thread of their lives. Some people suffer a heartbreak. Some people lose a loved one, which makes them feel as if some bright future is forever lost. Others get knocked sideways #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 28, 2024

Within the religious ideal, friction, disputes and boredom are signs not of error, but of life proceeding according to plan. #AlaindeBotton

Within the religious ideal, friction, disputes and boredom are signs not of error, but of life proceeding according to plan. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 28, 2024

There were two types of drinkers: those who drank to enhance their personalities, and those who sought to rid themselves of something. #HarukiMurakami

There were two types of drinkers: those who drank to enhance their personalities, and those who sought to rid themselves of something. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 28, 2024

Consider a turkey that is fed every day. Every single feeding will firm up the bird's belief that it is the general rule of life to be fed every day by friendly members of the human race looking out for its best interests, as a politician would say. #NassimNicholasTaleb

Consider a turkey that is fed every day. Every single feeding will firm up the bird's belief that it is the general rule of life to be fed every day by friendly members of the human race looking out for its best interests, as a politician would say. #NassimNicholasTaleb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 28, 2024

America is a truly money-based society. #QianNing

America is a truly money-based society. #QianNing — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 27, 2024

A clever mind is not a heart. Knowledge doesn't really care, wisdom does. #BenjaminHoff

A clever mind is not a heart. Knowledge doesn't really care, wisdom does. #BenjaminHoff — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 27, 2024

...while those who lead flat and unremarkable lives may avoid struggle, a well-lived life involves throwing oneself into struggle, that large parts of the most worthy lives are spent upon the rack, testing moral courage and facing opposition and ridicule... #DavidBrooks

...while those who lead flat and unremarkable lives may avoid struggle, a well-lived life involves throwing oneself into struggle, that large parts of the most worthy lives are spent upon the rack, testing moral courage and facing opposition and ridicule... #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 27, 2024

It is our life's work to tear down this order, to keep tugging at it, trying to unravel it, to set free the organisms trapped underneath. That it is our life's work work to mistrust our measures. Especially those about moral and mental standing. #LuluMiller

It is our life's work to tear down this order, to keep tugging at it, trying to unravel it, to set free the organisms trapped underneath. That it is our life's work work to mistrust our measures. Especially those about moral and mental standing. #LuluMiller — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 27, 2024

Almost never do two people fall in love on the same day, and almost never do they fall out of love on the same day. #GaryChapman

Almost never do two people fall in love on the same day, and almost never do they fall out of love on the same day. #GaryChapman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 27, 2024

We care more about getting ten thousand steps than we do about being healthy. #JamesClear

We care more about getting ten thousand steps than we do about being healthy. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 26, 2024

No internal judgments or people-pleasing. No second-guessing or self-criticism. Just feelings of engagement and enjoyment. Whenever you feel authentic and genuine, you are headed in the right direction. #JamesClear

No internal judgments or people-pleasing. No second-guessing or self-criticism. Just feelings of engagement and enjoyment. Whenever you feel authentic and genuine, you are headed in the right direction. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 26, 2024

When the peasants and workers revolted against the tsar in 1917, they ended up with Stalin; and when you begin to explore the manifold ways the world manipulates you, in the end you realise that your core identity is a complex illusion created by neural networks. #YuvalNoahHarari

When the peasants and workers revolted against the tsar in 1917, they ended up with Stalin; and when you begin to explore the manifold ways the world manipulates you, in the end you realise that your core identity is a complex illusion created by neural networks. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 26, 2024

...none of us, thinking alone, is rational enough to consistently come to sound conclusions: rationality emerges from a community of reasoners who spot each other's fallacies. #StevenPinker

...none of us, thinking alone, is rational enough to consistently come to sound conclusions: rationality emerges from a community of reasoners who spot each other's fallacies. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 26, 2024

Missing once is an accident. Missing twice is the start of a new habit. This is a distinguishing feature between winners and losers. Anyone can have a bad performance, a bad workout, or a bad day at work. But when successful people fail, they rebound quickly. #JamesClear

Missing once is an accident. Missing twice is the start of a new habit. This is a distinguishing feature between winners and losers. Anyone can have a bad performance, a bad workout, or a bad day at work. But when successful people fail, they rebound quickly. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 26, 2024

It is impossible for our brain to see anything in raw form without some interpretation. We may not even always be conscious of it. #NassimNicholasTaleb

It is impossible for our brain to see anything in raw form without some interpretation. We may not even always be conscious of it. #NassimNicholasTaleb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 26, 2024

You can't just invent a good ritual through reasoning about symbolism. You need a tradition within which the symbols are embedded, and you need to invoke bodily feelings that have some appropriate associations. Then you need a community to endorse and practice it #JonathanHaidt

You can't just invent a good ritual through reasoning about symbolism. You need a tradition within which the symbols are embedded, and you need to invoke bodily feelings that have some appropriate associations. Then you need a community to endorse and practice it #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 25, 2024

In [Dorothy Day's] memoirs she writes that she left the hospital job because it eventually made her numb to suffering, and it left her no time to write. #DavidBrooks

In [Dorothy Day's] memoirs she writes that she left the hospital job because it eventually made her numb to suffering, and it left her no time to write. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 25, 2024

Peace cannot be built on the foundations of fear. #MarshallRosenberg

Peace cannot be built on the foundations of fear. #MarshallRosenberg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 25, 2024

Because you are alive, everything is possible. #ThichNhatHanh

Because you are alive, everything is possible. #ThichNhatHanh — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 25, 2024

A global world puts unprecedented pressure on our personal conduct and morality. Each of us is ensnared within numerous all-encompassing spider webs, which on the one hand restrict our movements, but at the same time transmit our tiniest jiggle to faraway... #YuvalNoahHarari

A global world puts unprecedented pressure on our personal conduct and morality. Each of us is ensnared within numerous all-encompassing spider webs, which on the one hand restrict our movements, but at the same time transmit our tiniest jiggle to faraway... #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 25, 2024

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been. #HenryKissinger

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been. #HenryKissinger — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 25, 2024

Luck favors the prepared #LouisPasteur

Luck favors the prepared #LouisPasteur — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 24, 2024

Big pharma is evil; I would agree with that premise. But because people don't understand exactly how big pharma is evil, their anger gets diverted away from valid criticisms [...] and channeled into infantile fantasies. #BenGoldacre

Big pharma is evil; I would agree with that premise. But because people don't understand exactly how big pharma is evil, their anger gets diverted away from valid criticisms [...] and channeled into infantile fantasies. #BenGoldacre — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 24, 2024

When we are in contact with our feelings and needs, we humans no longer make good slaves and underlings. #MarshallRosenberg

When we are in contact with our feelings and needs, we humans no longer make good slaves and underlings. #MarshallRosenberg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 24, 2024

Distinguish between you as the designer of your machine and you as a worker with your machine. #RayDalio

Distinguish between you as the designer of your machine and you as a worker with your machine. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 24, 2024

...the big five: neuroticism, extroversion, openness to new experiences, agreeableness (warmth/niceness), and conscientiousness. These traits are facts about the elephant, about a person's automatic reactions to various situations. #JonathanHaidt

...the big five: neuroticism, extroversion, openness to new experiences, agreeableness (warmth/niceness), and conscientiousness. These traits are facts about the elephant, about a person's automatic reactions to various situations. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 24, 2024

To be flexible is to be able to respond to change without inappropriate attachments binding one to the past. #NathanielBranden

To be flexible is to be able to respond to change without inappropriate attachments binding one to the past. #NathanielBranden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 23, 2024

...it's actually rational to emphasize exploration--the new rather than the best, the exciting rather than the safe, the random rather than the considered--for many of those choices, particularly earlier in life. #BrianChristian

...it's actually rational to emphasize exploration--the new rather than the best, the exciting rather than the safe, the random rather than the considered--for many of those choices, particularly earlier in life. #BrianChristian — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 23, 2024

[Alone in an imagined world, you may try luxuries for a while but would soon find] a dwelling that was easy to maintain rather than live in a palace, obtain clothes that were comfortable rather than expensive, and would probably lose all interest in your appearance. #DerrenBrown

[Alone in an imagined world, you may try luxuries for a while but would soon find] a dwelling that was easy to maintain rather than live in a palace, obtain clothes that were comfortable rather than expensive, and would probably lose all interest in your appearance. #DerrenBrown — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 23, 2024

...heroic end-of-life care is rarely pleasant for the patient. Unfortunately few family members are willing to advocate for lesser care, fearing it will be seen as tantamount to abandoning their beloved relative. #RobinHanson

...heroic end-of-life care is rarely pleasant for the patient. Unfortunately few family members are willing to advocate for lesser care, fearing it will be seen as tantamount to abandoning their beloved relative. #RobinHanson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 23, 2024

If we went back to sleeping a healthy amount [...] it would be an earthquake for our economic system, because our economic system has become dependent on sleep-depriving people. The attentional failures are just roadkill. That's just the cost of doing business. #JohannHari

If we went back to sleeping a healthy amount [...] it would be an earthquake for our economic system, because our economic system has become dependent on sleep-depriving people. The attentional failures are just roadkill. That's just the cost of doing business. #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 23, 2024

If you can create a social movement that people want to join, they will bend their energies and ideas to you. #DavidBrooks

If you can create a social movement that people want to join, they will bend their energies and ideas to you. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 22, 2024

'The mechanics of discovery,' William S. Beck remarks, 'are not known... I think that the creative process is so closely tied in with the emotional structure of an individual... that... it is a poor subject for generalization...' #CWrightMills

'The mechanics of discovery,' William S. Beck remarks, 'are not known... I think that the creative process is so closely tied in with the emotional structure of an individual... that... it is a poor subject for generalization...' #CWrightMills — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 22, 2024

Odd as it may seem, I am my remembering self, and the experiencing self, who does my living, is like a stranger to me. #DanielKahneman

Odd as it may seem, I am my remembering self, and the experiencing self, who does my living, is like a stranger to me. #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 22, 2024

If we acknowledge that our inclination to sin is part of our natures, and that we will never wholly eradicate it, there is at least something for us to do in our lives that will not in the end seem just futile and absurd. #DavidBrooks

If we acknowledge that our inclination to sin is part of our natures, and that we will never wholly eradicate it, there is at least something for us to do in our lives that will not in the end seem just futile and absurd. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 22, 2024

I am struck by how [except when young] you really need to prioritize in life, figuring out in what order you should divide up your time and energy. If you don't get that sort of system set by a certain age, you'll lack focus and your life will be out of balance. #HarukiMurakami

I am struck by how [except when young] you really need to prioritize in life, figuring out in what order you should divide up your time and energy. If you don't get that sort of system set by a certain age, you'll lack focus and your life will be out of balance. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 22, 2024

Start your work from where you live, with the small concrete needs right around you. Help ease tension in your workplace. Help feed the person right in front of you. #DavidBrooks

Start your work from where you live, with the small concrete needs right around you. Help ease tension in your workplace. Help feed the person right in front of you. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 22, 2024

You can think of personal information as the key resource that dominant individuals try to monopolize for themselves. They use their eyes to soak up personal info about the other members of the group, but try to prevent others from learning about them. #RobinHanson

You can think of personal information as the key resource that dominant individuals try to monopolize for themselves. They use their eyes to soak up personal info about the other members of the group, but try to prevent others from learning about them. #RobinHanson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 21, 2024

If happiness [is] so prominent in neoliberal societies, it is because it has proven a very useful concept for rekindling, legitimizing and reinstitutionalizing individualism in seemingly non-ideological terms through science's 'neutral' and authoritative discourse #EvaIllouz

If happiness [is] so prominent in neoliberal societies, it is because it has proven a very useful concept for rekindling, legitimizing and reinstitutionalizing individualism in seemingly non-ideological terms through science's 'neutral' and authoritative discourse #EvaIllouz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 21, 2024

[Examining] anthropological evidence, she now arrives at a slightly different sexual role for women, one might seriously question the basis [where] she decides the roles a woman should play--and finds it so easy to change the rules of the game from one decade to the next. #BettyF

[Examining] anthropological evidence, she now arrives at a slightly different sexual role for women, one might seriously question the basis [where] she decides the roles a woman should play--and finds it so easy to change the rules of the game from one decade to the next. #BettyF — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 21, 2024

The greatest crimes in modern history resulted not just from hatred and greed, but even more so from ignorance and indifference. #YuvalNoahHarari

The greatest crimes in modern history resulted not just from hatred and greed, but even more so from ignorance and indifference. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 21, 2024

[My wife] did not believe in the afterlife--although, admittedly, it is comforting if you believe there is an afterlife even if there is none. #LeeKuanYew

[My wife] did not believe in the afterlife--although, admittedly, it is comforting if you believe there is an afterlife even if there is none. #LeeKuanYew — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 21, 2024

The purpose is the outcome your team is trying to accomplish, otherwise known as the why. Why do you wake up and choose to do this thing instead of the thousands of other things you could be doing? #JulieZhuo

The purpose is the outcome your team is trying to accomplish, otherwise known as the why. Why do you wake up and choose to do this thing instead of the thousands of other things you could be doing? #JulieZhuo — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 21, 2024

The individual is molded by the social world. But social institutions are molded, too, by the requirements of the individuals who compose them. #JordanPeterson

The individual is molded by the social world. But social institutions are molded, too, by the requirements of the individuals who compose them. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 20, 2024

Understanding the simple fact that morality differs around the world, and even within societies, is the first step toward understanding your righteous mind. #JonathanHaidt

Understanding the simple fact that morality differs around the world, and even within societies, is the first step toward understanding your righteous mind. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 20, 2024

Few things rival the torment of the once-famous actor, the fallen politician or, as Tocqueville might have remarked, the unsuccessful American. #AlaindeBotton

Few things rival the torment of the once-famous actor, the fallen politician or, as Tocqueville might have remarked, the unsuccessful American. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 20, 2024

With a little awareness, every human being can begin to transform habit into choice, compulsion into consciousness. #Sadhguru

With a little awareness, every human being can begin to transform habit into choice, compulsion into consciousness. #Sadhguru — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 20, 2024

Craving is about wanting to fix everything. Observation without craving is the realization that you do not need to fix anything. Your desires are not running rampant. You do not crave a change in state. Your mind does not generate a problem for you to solve. #JamesClear

Craving is about wanting to fix everything. Observation without craving is the realization that you do not need to fix anything. Your desires are not running rampant. You do not crave a change in state. Your mind does not generate a problem for you to solve. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 19, 2024

You may not feel giddy at those [joyful] moments, you may not hear the orchestra's delirious swell or see flashes of crimson and gold, but you will feel a satisfaction, a silence, a peace--a hush. Those moments are the blessings and the signs of a beautiful life. #DavidBrooks

You may not feel giddy at those [joyful] moments, you may not hear the orchestra's delirious swell or see flashes of crimson and gold, but you will feel a satisfaction, a silence, a peace--a hush. Those moments are the blessings and the signs of a beautiful life. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 19, 2024

Popular culture became saturated with sex. The new advertising industry quickly discovered the appeal of a provocatively posed woman. Silent movies in the United States contained so much sexual innuendo that the government instituted film censorship in 1910. #StephanieCoontz

Popular culture became saturated with sex. The new advertising industry quickly discovered the appeal of a provocatively posed woman. Silent movies in the United States contained so much sexual innuendo that the government instituted film censorship in 1910. #StephanieCoontz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 19, 2024

The system reorganizes itself so as to put pressure on those who do not fit in. Those who do not fit into the system are sick; to make them fit in is to cure. Thus, the power process aimed at attaining autonomy is broken [...] autonomy is seen as disease. #HarukiMurakami

The system reorganizes itself so as to put pressure on those who do not fit in. Those who do not fit into the system are sick; to make them fit in is to cure. Thus, the power process aimed at attaining autonomy is broken [...] autonomy is seen as disease. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 19, 2024

...when women gain control over spending, less family money is devoted to instant gratification and more for education and starting small businesses. #SherylWuDunn

...when women gain control over spending, less family money is devoted to instant gratification and more for education and starting small businesses. #SherylWuDunn — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 19, 2024

It's only by shopping around and sampling a wide variety of art that we learn to appreciate which skills are common (banging two rocks together) and which are rare (elaborate rhythms). An unrefined palate won't appreciate a Michelin-starred restaurant. #KevinSimler

It's only by shopping around and sampling a wide variety of art that we learn to appreciate which skills are common (banging two rocks together) and which are rare (elaborate rhythms). An unrefined palate won't appreciate a Michelin-starred restaurant. #KevinSimler — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 18, 2024

Americans have thus become overly self-righteous, believing that the American form of society is the model that all other countries should emulate and that American values are the absolute standard with which to measure all events in the world. #QianNing

Americans have thus become overly self-righteous, believing that the American form of society is the model that all other countries should emulate and that American values are the absolute standard with which to measure all events in the world. #QianNing — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 18, 2024

Our culture has educated us to hunger for reward. We attended schools that used extrinsic means to motivate us to study; we grew up in homes where we were rewarded for being good little boys and girls... #MarshallRosenberg

Our culture has educated us to hunger for reward. We attended schools that used extrinsic means to motivate us to study; we grew up in homes where we were rewarded for being good little boys and girls... #MarshallRosenberg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 18, 2024

Hindus do not eat cows. Anglicans eat beef on Sundays. One man's sin is another man's roast dinner. #PaulArden

Hindus do not eat cows. Anglicans eat beef on Sundays. One man's sin is another man's roast dinner. #PaulArden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 18, 2024

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. #JohnFKennedy

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. #JohnFKennedy — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 18, 2024

No one wants leaders who play zero-sum, competitive games with the rest of society. If their wins are our losses, why should we support them? Instead we want leaders with a prosocial orientation, people who will look out for us because we're all in it together. #KevinSimler

No one wants leaders who play zero-sum, competitive games with the rest of society. If their wins are our losses, why should we support them? Instead we want leaders with a prosocial orientation, people who will look out for us because we're all in it together. #KevinSimler — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 17, 2024

Sociologists should be suspicious of explanations that a priori pathologize forms of behavior. #EvaIllouz

Sociologists should be suspicious of explanations that a priori pathologize forms of behavior. #EvaIllouz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 17, 2024

Those who know what's wrong with them and take care of themselves accordingly will tend to live a lot longer than those who consider themselves perfectly healthy and neglect their weaknesses. So, [weakness] can do you a big favor, if you acknowledge that it's there. #BenjaminHoff

Those who know what's wrong with them and take care of themselves accordingly will tend to live a lot longer than those who consider themselves perfectly healthy and neglect their weaknesses. So, [weakness] can do you a big favor, if you acknowledge that it's there. #BenjaminHoff — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 17, 2024

Perhaps, as with all great journeys, the travelling itself is the whole point, and the anticipated destination might be no more than a place to take your coat off and rest. #DerrenBrown

Perhaps, as with all great journeys, the travelling itself is the whole point, and the anticipated destination might be no more than a place to take your coat off and rest. #DerrenBrown — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 17, 2024

Arnold Schoenberg has said that music is not a sound but an idea, but ordinary people can't listen to it that way. #HarukiMurakami

Arnold Schoenberg has said that music is not a sound but an idea, but ordinary people can't listen to it that way. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 17, 2024

[For Buddha in wartime] it might be foolish to seek happiness by controlling one's external world. But now it is not. People living in wealthy democracies can set long-term goals and expect to meet them. We are immunized against disease, sheltered from storms... #JonathanHaidt

[For Buddha in wartime] it might be foolish to seek happiness by controlling one's external world. But now it is not. People living in wealthy democracies can set long-term goals and expect to meet them. We are immunized against disease, sheltered from storms... #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 17, 2024

Loneliness isn't the physical absence of other people [...] it's the sense that you're not sharing anything that matters with anyone else. If you have lots of people around you [...] but you don't share anything that matters with them, then you'll still be lonely. #JohannHari

Loneliness isn't the physical absence of other people [...] it's the sense that you're not sharing anything that matters with anyone else. If you have lots of people around you [...] but you don't share anything that matters with them, then you'll still be lonely. #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 16, 2024

Today, we facilitate trust between strangers using contracts, credit scores, and letters of reference. But before these institutions had been invented, weekly worship and other costly sacrifices were a vital social technology. In 1000 a.d., church attendance... #RobinHanson

Today, we facilitate trust between strangers using contracts, credit scores, and letters of reference. But before these institutions had been invented, weekly worship and other costly sacrifices were a vital social technology. In 1000 a.d., church attendance... #RobinHanson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 16, 2024

We might hope for a promotion, but a step upwards will not comfort our soul if what it yearns for is a sideways leap into new adventures. #DerrenBrown

We might hope for a promotion, but a step upwards will not comfort our soul if what it yearns for is a sideways leap into new adventures. #DerrenBrown — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 16, 2024

Even though we are peripheral to the slavery, our action is necessary to overcome a horrific evil. #NicholasDKristof

Even though we are peripheral to the slavery, our action is necessary to overcome a horrific evil. #NicholasDKristof — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 16, 2024

Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love. #MahatmaGandhi

Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love. #MahatmaGandhi — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 16, 2024

[Prestige] seems much less competitive, at least on the surface. It's all about respect, which can't be taken by force, but rather must be freely conferred by admirers... there's only so much respect to go around. In this regard, prestige is like a popularity contest #RobinHanson

[Prestige] seems much less competitive, at least on the surface. It's all about respect, which can't be taken by force, but rather must be freely conferred by admirers... there's only so much respect to go around. In this regard, prestige is like a popularity contest #RobinHanson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 15, 2024

The key is to remember that game of tennis. You still try to the best of your abilities. You play as well as you can. That realm of your thoughts and actions is under your control, and you are in charge. #DerrenBrown

The key is to remember that game of tennis. You still try to the best of your abilities. You play as well as you can. That realm of your thoughts and actions is under your control, and you are in charge. #DerrenBrown — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 15, 2024

Ethics and aesthetics are one. #LudwigWittgenstein

Ethics and aesthetics are one. #LudwigWittgenstein — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 15, 2024

It must be terribly stressful for a writer to be put in the position of having to write when he doesn't feel like it. (Could I be wrong? Do most writers actually thrive on that kind of stress?) #HarukiMurakami

It must be terribly stressful for a writer to be put in the position of having to write when he doesn't feel like it. (Could I be wrong? Do most writers actually thrive on that kind of stress?) #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 15, 2024

Hope doesn't care about the problems that have already been solved. Hope cares only about the problems that still need to be solved. Because the better the world gets, the more we have to lose. And the more we have to lose, the less we feel we have to hope for. #MarkManson

Hope doesn't care about the problems that have already been solved. Hope cares only about the problems that still need to be solved. Because the better the world gets, the more we have to lose. And the more we have to lose, the less we feel we have to hope for. #MarkManson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 15, 2024

Alone had always felt like an actual place to me, as if it weren't a state of being, but rather a room where I could retreat to be who I really was. #CherylStrayed

Alone had always felt like an actual place to me, as if it weren't a state of being, but rather a room where I could retreat to be who I really was. #CherylStrayed — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 15, 2024

It's not your fault you can't focus. It's by design. Your distraction is their fuel. #JohannHari

It's not your fault you can't focus. It's by design. Your distraction is their fuel. #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 14, 2024

If you're in the luckiest 1% of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99%. #WarrenBuffett

If you're in the luckiest 1% of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99%. #WarrenBuffett — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 14, 2024

But an action which wants to serve man ought to be careful not to forget him on the way, if it chooses to fulfill itself blindly, it will lose its meaning or will take on an unforeseen meaning; for the goal is not fixed once & for all; it is defined all along... #SimonedeBeauvoir

But an action which wants to serve man ought to be careful not to forget him on the way, if it chooses to fulfill itself blindly, it will lose its meaning or will take on an unforeseen meaning; for the goal is not fixed once & for all; it is defined all along... #SimonedeBeauvoir — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 14, 2024

I don't think most people would like my personality. There might be a few--very few, I would imagine--who are impressed by it, but only rarely would anyone like it. #HarukiMurakami

I don't think most people would like my personality. There might be a few--very few, I would imagine--who are impressed by it, but only rarely would anyone like it. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 14, 2024

Our greatest enemies are ultimately not our political adversaries but entropy, evolution (in the form of pestilence and the flaws in human nature), and most of all ignorance--a shortfall of knowledge of how best to solve our problems. #StevenPinker

- March 13, 2024

Our greatest enemies are ultimately not our political adversaries but entropy, evolution (in the form of pestilence and the flaws in human nature), and most of all ignorance--a shortfall of knowledge of how best to solve our problems. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 14, 2024

If you aim at nothing, you become plagued by everything. If you aim at nothing, you have nowhere to go, nothing to do, and nothing of high value in your life, as value requires the ranking of options and sacrifice of the lower to the higher. #JordanPeterson

- March 13, 2024

If you aim at nothing, you become plagued by everything. If you aim at nothing, you have nowhere to go, nothing to do, and nothing of high value in your life, as value requires the ranking of options and sacrifice of the lower to the higher. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 13, 2024

It is difficult not to feel that pacifism, as it appears among a section of the intelligentsia, is secretly inspired by an admiration for power and successful cruelty. #GeorgeOrwell

- March 13, 2024

It is difficult not to feel that pacifism, as it appears among a section of the intelligentsia, is secretly inspired by an admiration for power and successful cruelty. #GeorgeOrwell — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 13, 2024

What ordinary men are directly aware of & what they try to do is bounded by the private orbits which they live #CWrightMills

What ordinary men are directly aware of & what they try to do is bounded by the private orbits which they live #CWrightMills — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 13, 2024

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. #ThomasEdison

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. #ThomasEdison — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 13, 2024

As long as he fought imaginary giants, Don Quixote was just play-acting. However once he actually kills someone, he will cling to his fantasies for all he is worth, because only they give meaning to his tragic misdeed. #YuvalNoahHarari

As long as he fought imaginary giants, Don Quixote was just play-acting. However once he actually kills someone, he will cling to his fantasies for all he is worth, because only they give meaning to his tragic misdeed. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 12, 2024

When things are getting better we often don't hear about them. This gives us a systematically too-negative impression of the world around us, which is very stressful. #HansRosling

When things are getting better we often don't hear about them. This gives us a systematically too-negative impression of the world around us, which is very stressful. #HansRosling — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 12, 2024

As far as we know, computers in 2016 are no more conscious than their prototypes in the 1950s. However, we are on the brink of a momentous revolution. Humans are in danger of losing their value, because intelligence is decoupling from consciousness. #YuvalNoahHarari

As far as we know, computers in 2016 are no more conscious than their prototypes in the 1950s. However, we are on the brink of a momentous revolution. Humans are in danger of losing their value, because intelligence is decoupling from consciousness. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 12, 2024

I think the most diverse group will produce the best product; I firmly believe that. #TimCook

I think the most diverse group will produce the best product; I firmly believe that. #TimCook — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 12, 2024

We must support and value the past... we need to do that with an attitude of gratitude and respect. At the same time, however, we must keep our eyes open--we, the visionary living--and repair the ancient mechanisms that stabilize and support us when they falter. #JordanPeterson

We must support and value the past... we need to do that with an attitude of gratitude and respect. At the same time, however, we must keep our eyes open--we, the visionary living--and repair the ancient mechanisms that stabilize and support us when they falter. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 11, 2024

The permanent misfits can find salvation only in a complete separation from the self; and they usually find it by losing themselves in the compact collectivity of a mass movement. #EricHoffer

The permanent misfits can find salvation only in a complete separation from the self; and they usually find it by losing themselves in the compact collectivity of a mass movement. #EricHoffer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 11, 2024

Control of sexuality is a classic tool of domination, used by men against women, by white people against people of color, by the abled against the disabled--or, to cut a long list short, by the powerful against the less powerful. #AngelaChen

Control of sexuality is a classic tool of domination, used by men against women, by white people against people of color, by the abled against the disabled--or, to cut a long list short, by the powerful against the less powerful. #AngelaChen — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 11, 2024

When it comes to anti-fascism in most of Western Europe, there would appear for now to be a supply-and-demand problem: the demand for fascists vastly outstrips the actual supply. #DouglasMurray

When it comes to anti-fascism in most of Western Europe, there would appear for now to be a supply-and-demand problem: the demand for fascists vastly outstrips the actual supply. #DouglasMurray — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 11, 2024

Sooner or later, we will experience the consequences of diminished goodwill on the part of those who comply with our values out of a sense of either external or internal coercion. #MarshallRosenberg

Sooner or later, we will experience the consequences of diminished goodwill on the part of those who comply with our values out of a sense of either external or internal coercion. #MarshallRosenberg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 11, 2024

...meaningful change does not require radical change. Small habits can make a meaningful difference by providing evidence of a new identity. And if a change is meaningful, it is actually big. That's the paradox of making small improvements. #JamesClear

...meaningful change does not require radical change. Small habits can make a meaningful difference by providing evidence of a new identity. And if a change is meaningful, it is actually big. That's the paradox of making small improvements. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 10, 2024

I am a wandering Jew and a very confused Christian, but how quick is my pace, how open are my possibilities, and how vast are my hopes. #DavidBrooks

I am a wandering Jew and a very confused Christian, but how quick is my pace, how open are my possibilities, and how vast are my hopes. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 10, 2024

This minding of other people's business expresses itself in gossip, snooping and meddling, and also in feverish interest in communal, national, and racial affairs. In running away from ourselves we either fall on our neighbor's shoulder or fly at his throat. #EricHoffer