Merlin Mann (1966) American blogger
Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/hotdogsladies/status/81389251425615872 <br class="br">Tweeting as @hotdogsladies
Source: Magic Burns
Merlin Mann (1966) American blogger
Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/hotdogsladies/status/81389251425615872 <br class="br">Tweeting as @hotdogsladies
Harvey Mansfield (1932) Author, professor
How to Understand Politics: What the Humanities Can Say to Science (2007)
Context: Self-interest, when simple, is universal; I would do the same as you. I would be propelled toward an obvious good, or toward a good I thought obvious. If self-interest is obvious, it is not really your very own; it has been generalized, perhaps artificially.
“The woman who does not provoke any discussion has no interest in you.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: La donna che non provoca alcuna discussione non ha alcun interesse per te.
Source: prevale.net
Jay Nordlinger (1963) American journalist
Twitter post https://twitter.com/jaynordlinger/status/1038770310034673664 (9 September 2018) <br class="br">2010s
“Being interesting has been replaced by being identifiable.”
Chuck Klosterman book Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Source: Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Adam Smith (1723–1790) Scottish moral philosopher and political economist
Source: The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book IV, Chapter VIII, p. 721.
Aldous Huxley book Brave New World
Variant: One can’t have something for nothing. Happiness has got to be paid for. You’re paying for it, Mr. Watson - paying because you happen to be too much interested in beauty.
Source: Brave New World