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“Another similarity of Brexit and Trump's campaigns was an attack on so-called elites. This is not so much a failure of capitalism as of its high priests in the economic profession, for which we must all take some responsibility.”
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“In a library, no empty shelf remains empty for long.”
Source : Alberto Manguel (2011). “The Library at Night”, p.66, Vintage Canada
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“As your life goes on you should gain a deeper understanding of the world and the people moving through it; but that might be asking too much.”
Source : "James Scott’s Violent Landscape". Interview with Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 7, 2014.
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“Religious celebrations, and the good will, high spirits and generosity that mark them, are wonderful occasions for understanding the potential of 'everyday multiculturalism', and how people from diverse faiths can connect and show they care, rather than go down parallel, sometimes hostile, roads.”
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“Writing is like giving birth to a piano sideways. Anyone who perseveres is either talented or nuts.”
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“Over many generations, fortunes in the business world were made through buying and selling products in physical stores. Internet fortunes have been made buying and selling products online.”
Source : Marc Ostrofsky (2013). “Get Rich Click!: The Ultimate Guide to Making Money on the Internet”, p.40, Simon and Schuster
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“The art of biography is different from geography. Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps.”
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“It doesn’t matter how much you love someone, you are never going to be what that person wants you to be.”