I am only conscious of any satisfaction in Scientific Reading or thinking when it rounds off into a poetical generality and vagueness.
Wilfred Owen
There's a kind of sick security some people get out of keeping away from people with disabilities. They are running away from any situation... →
Major Owens
For me, writing is a way of thinking. I write in a journal a lot. I'm a very impatient person, so writing and meditation allow me to slow down... →
Ruth Ozeki
Even though I was making documentaries, my films had fictional elements to them. I think I like blurring those distinctions because so much of what... →
There's something about the idea of writing, and thinking about writing as a form of prayer - the way as a writer you call out into the world and... →
Natural selection has duped us with an emotion that encourages group thinking. It is an emotion that makes us act as if for the good of the group; an... →
Mark Pagel
I got to thinking about the Book of Revelation that was written by a Jewish prophet who was also a follower of Jesus who hated the Roman Empire. I... →
Elaine Pagels
I never thought I would write about the Book of Revelation. It's so dense; it's so complex and puzzling. But then I found I was thinking... →
I have a long view of history - my orientation is archaeological because I'm always thinking in terms of ancient Greece and Rome, ancient Persia... →
Camille Paglia
I'm worried about the future of America insofar as our academically most promising students are being funneled through the cookie-cutter Ivy... →