Quotations

Quotations http://thebrowser.com/browsings/feed Quotations en Paul Fussell, on disillusion http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/Ktl0KqDpFw0/paul-fussell-disilluson <p><a href="http://harpers.org/sponsor/thewar/wwiiharpers/my-war-how-i-got-irony-in-the-infantry/index.html">Paul Fussell, on disillusion</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"To become disillusioned you must earlier have been illusioned"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/Ktl0KqDpFw0" height="1" width="1"/> everyday life Lifestyle Fri, 25 May 2012 07:02:06 +0000 The Browser 49717 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/paul-fussell-disilluson Bill Murray, on fame http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/F09vB1XHcIQ/bill-murray-fame <p><a href="http://Read more: http://www.esquire.com/features/man-at-his-best/q-and-a/bill-murray-interview-0612#ixzz1vrDR68Vf">Bill Murray, on fame</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"The only time [fame] really matters is in the emergency room with your kids"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/F09vB1XHcIQ" height="1" width="1"/> everyday life Lifestyle work Fri, 25 May 2012 05:44:08 +0000 The Browser 49699 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/bill-murray-fame Anonymous Former Intelligence Officer, on negotiation http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/UiQoGec1xG8/anonymous-former-intelligence-officer-negotiation <p><a href="http://charlescrawford.biz/blog/off-to-dubai-training-and-skills-development">Anonymous Former Intelligence Officer, on negotiation</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"Know what you want - and remember that whatever your bottom line is, there's always another line below that"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/UiQoGec1xG8" height="1" width="1"/> international international relations political theory Politics Wed, 23 May 2012 17:24:14 +0000 The Browser 49651 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/anonymous-former-intelligence-officer-negotiation Will Wilkinson, on virtue http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/RrDs5KyPIrI/will-wilkinson-virtue <p><a href="http://bigthink.com/ideas/gopnik-vs-gotschall-on-stories">Will Wilkinson, on virtue</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"Behaving morally in the moment has little to do with sympathy and a lot to do with one's immoral options simply not coming to mind"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/RrDs5KyPIrI" height="1" width="1"/> philosophy Philosophy & Religion Wed, 23 May 2012 08:58:44 +0000 The Browser 49634 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/will-wilkinson-virtue Anton Chekhov, on art http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/4fuN7u3PaZw/anton-chekhov-art <p><a href="http://snarkmarket.com/2012/7789">Anton Chekhov, on art</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"You confuse two things: solving a problem, and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for the artist"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/4fuN7u3PaZw" height="1" width="1"/> Art artists Arts & Entertainment Tue, 22 May 2012 08:45:32 +0000 The Browser 49606 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/anton-chekhov-art Curtis White, on free speech http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/CRsks0WmhG0/curtis-white-free-speech <p><a href="http://crookedtimber.org/2012/05/19/good-lines/">Curtis White, on free speech</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"In the United States, everyone may enjoy freedom of speech so long as it doesn’t matter"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/CRsks0WmhG0" height="1" width="1"/> Politics USA Mon, 21 May 2012 11:06:24 +0000 The Browser 49570 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/curtis-white-free-speech Graham Greene, on inspiration http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/XpLwnfWpPzQ/graham-greene-inspiration <p><a href="http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5180/the-art-of-fiction-no-3-graham-greene#.T7ZfBY3UfFU.twitter">Graham Greene, on inspiration</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"Major characters emerge; minor ones may be photographed"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/XpLwnfWpPzQ" height="1" width="1"/> Arts & Entertainment how to write literature novels Sun, 20 May 2012 07:28:32 +0000 The Browser 49553 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/graham-greene-inspiration Susan Sontag, on aphorisms http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/rg068DaIwPQ/susan-sontag-aphorisms <p><a href="http://www.tnr.com/article/books-and-arts/magazine/103068/susan-sontag-journals-notebooks-consciousness-harnessed-flesh?page=0,1">Susan Sontag, on aphorisms</a></p> <blockquote> <p>“Aphorisms are rogue ideas”</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/rg068DaIwPQ" height="1" width="1"/> how to write literature Sun, 20 May 2012 04:51:52 +0000 The Browser 49550 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/susan-sontag-aphorisms Andrew Brown, on religion http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/sQOJSnB3aIM/andrew-brown-religion <p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2012/may/17/buddhism-supernatural">Andrew Brown, on religion</a> </p> <blockquote> <p>"One of the central religious yearnings is for platitudes to be true"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/sQOJSnB3aIM" height="1" width="1"/> Philosophy & Religion religion Sat, 19 May 2012 08:01:31 +0000 The Browser 49538 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/andrew-brown-religion F.V. Lucas, on writing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/rE7aDk5usJY/fv-lucas-writing <p><a href="http://timescolumns.typepad.com/stothard/2012/05/how-to-have-style.html">F.V. Lucas, on writing</a></p> <blockquote> <p>“Brevity, like clarity, has its limitations. It is not good to feed horses on nothing but oats”</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/rE7aDk5usJY" height="1" width="1"/> Arts & Entertainment how to write literature Fri, 18 May 2012 08:37:26 +0000 The Browser 49515 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/fv-lucas-writing Michael Sandel, on democracy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/C0jqoTXSZ6M/michael-sandel-democracy <p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/may/17/what-money-cant-buy-michael-sandel-review">Michael Sandel, on democracy</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"Democracy does not require perfect equality, but it does require that citizens share a common life"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/C0jqoTXSZ6M" height="1" width="1"/> democracy international political theory Politics Thu, 17 May 2012 11:28:25 +0000 The Browser 49490 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/michael-sandel-democracy Bruce Sterling, on history http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/FgpA47_3TiY/bruce-sterling-history <p><a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/The-Origins-of-Futurism.html">Bruce Sterling, on history</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"If futurism is visionary, history is revisionary"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/FgpA47_3TiY" height="1" width="1"/> History Wed, 16 May 2012 19:08:34 +0000 The Browser 49472 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/bruce-sterling-history Marc Hanna, on politics http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/JFER2QeEcBA/marc-hanna-politics <p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/may/11/time-start-thinking-edward-luce-review">Marc Hanna, on politics</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money, and I can't remember what the second one is"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/JFER2QeEcBA" height="1" width="1"/> elections party politics Politics USA Mon, 14 May 2012 14:57:51 +0000 The Browser 49329 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/marc-hanna-politics Barney Frank, on JP Morgan's $2bn trading loss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/-8W3dX0XHg4/barney-frank-jp-morgans-2bn-trading-loss <p><a href="http://democrats.financialservices.house.gov/press/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=1469">Barney Frank, on JP Morgan's $2bn trading loss</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"JP Morgan Chase, entirely without any help from the government has lost, in this one set of transactions, five times the amount they claim financial regulation is costing them"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/-8W3dX0XHg4" height="1" width="1"/> banking business Business & Economics companies finance financial crisis management Mon, 14 May 2012 12:35:49 +0000 The Browser 49379 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/barney-frank-jp-morgans-2bn-trading-loss Harry Truman, on negotiating http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/Jd5HipMc7mc/harry-truman-negotiating <p><a href="http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/05/09/hail_mary_time_a_far_fetched_plan_to_solve_the_syrian_mess">Harry Truman, on negotiating</a></p> <blockquote> "It's amazing what you can achieve if you don't care who gets the credit" <p> </p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/Jd5HipMc7mc" height="1" width="1"/> international international relations political theory Politics USA Thu, 10 May 2012 14:10:43 +0000 The Browser 49295 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/harry-truman-negotiating Charles Rosen, on nostalgia http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/AnbBfyMA6Fc/charles-rosen-nostalgia <p><a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/may/24/pleasures-charles-rosen/?pagination=false">Charles Rosen, on nostalgia</a></p> <blockquote> "Nostalgia and freedom are linked concepts. The idea of freedom is usually a vision of a paradise lost" <p> </p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/AnbBfyMA6Fc" height="1" width="1"/> philosophy Philosophy & Religion Thu, 10 May 2012 08:55:29 +0000 The Browser 49279 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/charles-rosen-nostalgia Peter Singer, on reasoning http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/2R3uE2ipCCU/peter-singer-reasoning <p><a href="http://crookedtimber.org/2012/03/19/fairness-and-fish/">Peter Singer, on reasoning</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"If we do not understand what an escalator is, we might get on it intending to go a few meters, only to find that once we are on, it is difficult to avoid going all the way to the end. Similarly, once reasoning has got started it is hard to tell where it will stop"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/2R3uE2ipCCU" height="1" width="1"/> philosophy Philosophy & Religion Wed, 09 May 2012 06:40:41 +0000 The Browser 47963 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/peter-singer-reasoning J.L. Borges on poets http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/SpzwiRbfqek/jl-borges-poets <p><a href="http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4331/the-art-of-fiction-no-39-jorge-luis-borges">J.L. Borges on poets</a></p><blockquote><p>"When one calls a poet 'Mister', it means Mister So-and-so who has found his way into poetry and has no right to be there"</p></blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/SpzwiRbfqek" height="1" width="1"/> Arts & Entertainment literature poetry Wed, 09 May 2012 06:40:19 +0000 The Browser 38028 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/jl-borges-poets David Rieff, on democracy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/qLV3g6NAo_Y/david-rieff-politics <p><a href="http://www.democracyjournal.org/24/democracy-no.php?page=2">David Rieff, on democracy</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"Once one declares that democracy, for all its faults, is the highest form of contemporary political civilisation, one is talking religion, not politics"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/qLV3g6NAo_Y" height="1" width="1"/> democracy international political theory Politics Wed, 09 May 2012 06:39:53 +0000 The Browser 47745 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/david-rieff-politics Charles de Gaulle, on France http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~3/k7sgDZraM3o/charles-de-gaulle-france <p><a href="http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/05/07/quotation_for_the_day">Charles de Gaulle, on France</a></p> <blockquote> <p>"How can anyone govern a nation that has 246 different kinds of cheese?"</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thebrowser/whatweread/~4/k7sgDZraM3o" height="1" width="1"/> europe france Politics Tue, 08 May 2012 11:35:50 +0000 The Browser 49219 at http://thebrowser.com http://thebrowser.com/browsings/charles-de-gaulle-france