English Quotes

If majority populations are made to feel that almost everything in their culture and history is under not just criticism but attack, then rather than racial politics diminishing in the years ahead, it is possible that they may receive their largest boost. #DouglasMurray — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 26, 2026

The charmed circle illustrates the existence of a hierarchy of sex acts. Inside the charmed circle is everything that is socially acceptable, which traditionally means monogamous, married, vanilla, heterosexual sex in private. #AngelaChen — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 26, 2026

Aggressive and hard-charging women violate unwritten rules about acceptable social conduct. Men are continually applauded for being ambitious and powerful and successful, but women who display these same traits often pay a social penalty. #SherylSandberg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 25, 2026

In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender is valued above self-expression, and conformity is valued above integrity, those who preserve their self-esteem are likely to be heroic exceptions. #NathanielBranden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 24, 2026

You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless bananas after death in monkey heaven. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 23, 2026

When your beloved delights you you respond with affection [..] But when your beloved disappoints you, can you still respond with affection? [...] This affection is genuine. It does not depend on the behavior of others. It lies within you at all times. #WilliamMartin — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 21, 2026

Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism. #GeorgeOrwell — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 19, 2026

One of the greatest sources of difficulty in relationships stems paradoxically from the strength of a person's wish not be 'difficult' #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 19, 2026

We should take care not to dress up our base deficiencies as godly virtues. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 18, 2026

simple emblem of a story will do for this sort of narrative, [like] a war medal bestowed on a soldier doesn't have to be pure gold. It's enough that the medal be backed up by a shared recognition that this is a medal, no matter that it's a cheap tin trinket. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 17, 2026

...there is enough evidence to support placing time limits on device use (perhaps two hours a day for adolescents, less for younger kids) while limiting or prohibiting the use of platforms that amplify social comparison rather than social connection. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 16, 2026

Show us examples of powerful, enviable women who are openly indifferent to sex, secure in that decision, and not constantly challenged by others... Stop assuming that sexual behavior must be linked to political belief or that horniness is an interesting personality... #AngelaChen — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 14, 2026

A Dutch person's feedback can indeed be both brutally honest yet delightfully polite--but only if the recipient is Dutch. If you happen to come from one of the 195 or so societies in the world... politeness is downright insulting, offensive, and yes, rude. #ErinMeyer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 12, 2026

People I knew who finished their undergraduate degrees or trade programs were better for it. Not 'good,' necessarily... But far better than those who withdrew and drifted... The sacrifices thereby entailed matured those who endured and made them better people. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 12, 2026

But down through the centuries, man has developed a mind that separates him from the world of reality, the world of natural laws. This mind tries too hard, wears itself out, and ends up weak and sloppy. Such a mind, even if of high intelligence, is inefficient. #BenjaminHoff — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 11, 2026

When people's judgments deviate from a normative model, as they so often do, we have a puzzle to solve. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 10, 2026

Other people's thoughts and feelings have to be communicated to you somehow, but your own are so immediate, urgent, real. #DavidBrooks — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 9, 2026

The cliche of the 'average immigrant' being an economic boon for the country only works when such exceptions are made to appear as though they are the rule. #DouglasMurray — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 7, 2026

If you overly protect your children they will fear failure and avoid pain. But failure and pain are twin teachers of important lessons. Unless your children fully experience both how will they know they have nothing to fear? #WilliamMartin — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 5, 2026

The evidence of priming studies suggests that reminding people of their mortality increases the appeal of authoritarian ideas, which may become reassuring in the context of the terror of death. #DanielKahneman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 5, 2026

At the heart of the pain created by sexual rejection is our habit of interpreting it as a moral judgement, when it might more accurately be categorized as a mere accident. We can start to break free from this torture... #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 4, 2026

[Good listeners] hover as the other speaks; they offer encouraging remarks; they make gentle positive gestures: a sigh of sympathy, a nod of encouragement, a strategic 'hmm' of interest. All the time, they are egging the other to go deeper into issues. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 3, 2026

Remember: things can be bad, and getting better. #HansRosling — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 2, 2026