I've been deeply influenced by Aristotle's idea that virtue is a habit, something you practice and get better at, rather than something that... →
Tim O'Reilly
A death from a long illness is very different from a sudden death. It gives you time to say goodbye and time to adjust to the idea that the beloved... →
Meghan O'Rourke
The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen.
P. J. O'Rourke
The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it.
The idea of a world where all people are alike - in wealth or in anything else - is a fantasy for the stupid.
We print journalists are victims of economic forces beyond our control. We were as surprised as everyone else was by the sudden collapse of the... →
Passover is my idea of a perfect holiday. Dear God, when you're handing out plagues of darkness, locusts, hail, boils, flies, lice, frogs, and... →
The idea of a stag hunt evokes chivalry - knights in jerkins and hose, ladies on sidesaddles with wimples and billowing dresses, a white stag... →
Public schools helped create the idea of America and inculcate Americans with a few rudiments of knowledge. To judge by that very American item, the... →
I have no idea if some societies, anthropologically speaking, aren't really suited for democracy. I don't think that's true.