Progress is always relative: to the oppressed, it can only be viewed as an all or nothing deal - if oppression continues, even in a modified form... →
Tim Wise
The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Let's dare to release our immature fantasies of a magically faultless U.S. system and a magically protected election process. We have been lucky... →
Naomi Wolf
We live in a world fraught with risk from new pandemics. Fortunately, we also now live in an era with the tools to build a global immune system.
Nathan Wolfe
If I had my choice, I would be writing by typewriter. I worked on newspapers for 10 years. I typed with the touch system, and unfortunately, you... →
Tom Wolfe
My early wounds were the English school system among other things. It wasn't merely the discipline, it was the ways in which boys got what was... →
George Woodcock
I think that the economy, and the political system, has literally become such a disaster I don't know if it's possible to save it.
James Woods
That human beings seek their own well-being and that of those close to them is not an especially provocative discovery. What is important is that... →
Thomas Woods
I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in... →
Bob Woodward
The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon's lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the... →