"It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique. It's not easy, but if you accept your misfor…"

— Conan O'Brien

"I think the US is in a terrible state of denial … Worse than that, we seem to be caught in a kind of Götterdämmerung response: we'd rather h…"

— Kim Stanley Robinson

"A new idea ignored may be the next threat overlooked. A person employed in a redundant task is one who could be countering terrorism or nucl…"

— Donald Rumsfeld

"It is extremely symbolic that Advani is the heir of Nathuram Godse who, in pursuit of what he was convinced was his duty to India, shot dead…"

— M. J. Akbar

"The domestic life of most classes is relatively shabby, as compared with the éclat of that overt portion of their life that is carried on be…"

— Thorstein Veblen