“Maybe pretty women were always funny but only now decided to go into comedy.” ComedyDecidedPretty Woman Author:Patricia Marx
“Most Americans who made it past the fourth grade have a pretty good idea who Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr., were. Not many Americans have even heard of Alice Paul, Howard W. Smith, and Martha Griffiths. But they played almost as big a role in the history of women’s rights as Marshall and King played in the history of civil rights for African-Americans. They gave women the handle to the door to economic opportunity, and nearly all the gains women have made in that sphere since the nineteen-sixties were made because of what they did.” MadeIdeasBigsPastOpportunityRolesRightsDoorsHeardEconomicKingsGainsHandleCivil RightsMade ItAfrican AmericanParksGradesSpheresGood IdeasFourthSixtyWomens RightsLutherNineteenRosaFourth Grade Author:Louis Menand
“A person whose financial requirements are modest and whose curiosity, skepticism, and indifference to reputation are outsized is a person at risk of becoming a journalist.” PersonsRiskBecomingCuriosityFinancialReputationJournalistIndifferenceSkepticismModestRequirements Author:Louis Menand
“It’s all in the genes”: an explanation for the way things are that does not threaten the way things are. Why should someone feel unhappy or engage in antisocial behavior when that person is living in the freest and most prosperous nation on earth? It can’t be the system! There must be a flaw in the wiring somewhere.” WayFeelsShouldPersonsDoeEarthNationsBehaviorUnhappyExplanationFlawsGenesProsperousAntisocialWiringAntisocial Behavior Author:Louis Menand
“If $85 million is not enough to take care of my family and other generations of my family, then you’re stupid.” IfsEnoughCareMillionsGenerationsStupidMy FamilyTake CareYou Re Stupid Author:Jered Weaver
“Sad to hear news about Michael Weiner, deepest condolences to his loved ones. His sacrifices as head of players union will not be forgotten.” PlayerSacrificeNewsUnionsForgottenLoved OnesCondolencesDeepest Condolences Author:Jose Bautista
“One of the things that is wrong with America is that everybody who has done anything at all in his own field is expected to be an authority on every subject under the sun” DoneAmericaSunSubjectsFieldsAuthorityExpected Author:Elmer Davis
