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“Fra Lippo, we have learned from thee A lesson of humanity: To every mother's heart forlorn, In every house the Christ is born.”
Source : Richard Watson Gilder (1903). “A Christmas Wreath”
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“Colleges and universities, for all the benefits they bring, accomplish far less for their students than they should. Many students graduate without being able to write well enough to satisfy their employers... reason clearly or perform competently in analyzing complex, non-technical problems.”
Source : Derek Bok (2009). “Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More”, p.8, Princeton University Press
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“Only love can penetrate all your karmas and resistances and set your heart on fire with the awareness of its true nature.”
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“Word meanings are like stretchy pullovers, whose outline contour is visible, but whose detailed shape varies with use.”
Source : Jean Aitchison (1997). “The Language Web: The Power and Problem of Words - The 1996 BBC Reith Lectures”, p.65, Cambridge University Press
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“Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections.”
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“We think about strategies in pop songs to make people listen to them and be like, "What the hell was that?" But then they have to listen to it again.”
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“Think about the stories you have inside that scare you. That's what you should be writing. I and others call that writing from the dark place. Our humiliations and secret fears and deepest anxieties, those times where we were at our worst: that's the best material.”
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“Everywhere I go, people know who I am.”
