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“Still, to paraphrase what John Stuart Mill said about the stupidity of the Tories, while not all people who claim to be politically incorrect are assholes, it's exactly the sort of thing an asshole is apt to say. (183)” AssholesPolitically IncorrectTories Book:Ascent of the A-Word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years Source: Ascent of the A-Word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years
“The English language is shot through with idioms and expressions which allude to violence without inciting it, most of which pass without notice unless they're called to your attention. One of the most disingenuous moves in the incivility wars is to treat these expressions with a specious literalism; politics makes Freudians of us all. (205)” MetaphorsFreudianMeta TextualismShot Through Book:Ascent of the A-Word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years Source: Ascent of the A-Word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years
“When Roger Ailes said that NPR executives were 'the left wing of Nazism," he wasn't trying to tar NPR as evil in the eyes of the general public or the Congress, but to signal to others on his team that they owed NPR no courtesy or respect and had permission to be assholes about the organization. (209-10)” NprGodwin S LawRoger Ailes Book:Ascent of the A-Word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years Source: Ascent of the A-Word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years
“Donald Trump comes closer than anyone else to being the archetype of the species; crossing genres, he exemplifies all the ways an asshole can capture our attention.” Donald TrumpArchetypeGenre Crossing Book:Ascent of the A-Word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years Source: Ascent of the A-Word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years
“It's not odd these days to hear politicians trumpeting their own authenticity, a claim that an earlier day would have considered self-cancelling. But when Michelle Bachman, Rick Perry, and Rick Santorum say "I'm authentic," they're not evoking the shade of Neal Cassady. (102)” AuthenticityNeal CassadyRick PerryRick SantorumMichelle Bachman Book:Ascent of the A-Word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years Source: Ascent of the A-Word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years
“When it comes to being slaves to fashion, American managers make adolescent girls look like rugged individualists.” LooksGirlFashionSlaveManagersRugged Author:Geoffrey Nunberg
“Few people become assholes reluctantly.” People Book:Ascent of the A-Word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years Source: Ascent of the A-Word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years
“There are only two reasons for buying a book, after all. Either we intend to read it, in which case most of us find a printed version preferable, or we don't intend to read it, in which case a printed version is absolutely essential.” TwoBookReasonCasesDemocracyEssentialsVersionsBuyingPrinted Book:The Years of Talking Dangerously Source: The Years of Talking Dangerously
“The Italian historian Armando Petrucci has done more than anyone else to revive interest in public writing. His groundbreaking Public Lettering: Script, Power, and Culture surveys the forms and uses of epigraphic writing from classical antiquity to the twentieth century.” WritingDoneUseFormCultureInterestCenturyScriptsItalianHistorianTwentieth CenturySurveysAntiquityReviveGroundbreaking Author:Geoffrey Nunberg
“When the world changes, correlation goes away… Causals are what endure.” WorldEndureCorrelation Author:Geoffrey Nunberg