“We owe it to our past futile sacrifices to continue making further futile sacrifices.” PastSacrificeOur Past Author:Ashleigh Brilliant
“You are mature when you know what is foolhardy and what is courage.” KnowsMatureFoolhardy Author:Bernard Williams
“All religions issue bibles again Satan, and say the most injurious things against him, but we never hear his side.” SidesIssuesSatan Author:Mark Twain
“America's political landscape is infested with many zombie ideas - beliefs about policy that have been repeatedly refuted with evidence and analysis but refuse to die. The most prominent zombie is the insistence that low taxes on rich people are the key to prosperity.” PeopleHas BeensIdeasAmericaPoliticalDiesBeliefRichPolicyKeysTaxesLowsEvidenceProsperityRefuseLandscapeAnalysisZombieRich PeopleProminentInsistence Author:Paul Krugman
“Another friend began to say, "Well, Quentin has a problem of adjusting himself to society and he..." This sentence was never finished. The ballet teacher expostulated, "I don't agree. Quentin does exactly as he pleases. The rest of us have to adapt ourselves to him."” WellsDoeProblemTeacherPleaseAgreeSentencesFinishedBalletAdjustingQuentinBallet Teachers Author:Quentin Crisp
“As always with any discussion of elite immunity, it's crucial to note that what makes this development such a particularly warped travesty is that the very same elites who enjoy this immunity have created the world's largest, and the Western world's most oppressive and merciless, penal state for ordinary citizens.” WorldStatesEnjoyDevelopmentCitizensOrdinaryNotesWesternDiscussionCrucialElitesWestern WorldImmunityOrdinary CitizensTravesty Author:Glenn Greenwald
“Belonging to the Catholic Church gives your support to an organization that conceals and protects child rapists. Again, not as a few isolated incidents, but as a massive, institution-wide culture, a matter of policy even, that extends throughout the organization and reaches all the way to the top. Belonging to the Catholic Church - giving them money, letting them count you in their rolls, sending your children to their schools - gives this behavior your personal thumbs-up, and actively enables it to continue.” WayGivingChildrenMatterSchoolCultureChurchSupportPolicyProtectBehaviorOrganizationOur ChildrenCatholicInstitutionsWideYour ChildrenMassiveBelongingIsolatedIncidentsThumbsCatholic ChurchProtecting ChildrenThumbs Up Author:Greta Christina