Things that happen every day are, frankly, what we in the news business aren’t good at covering because there is no one day in which they are news. Nicholas Kristof Read Quote
One of my frustrations is that we in society generally have this bifurcation in how we see the world. That’s probably a little less true with business audiences, but in general, there tends to be this view that for-profit companies are greedy, and nonprofits are noble. It’s absolutely more complicated than that. Nicholas Kristof Read Quote
Purely altruistic behavior is pretty much impossible because of the selfish pleasures we derive from it. Nicholas Kristof Read Quote
I was the first blogger on the Times’s website. That happened during the Iraq war, when I wanted an outlet for the things I was seeing every day that couldn’t fit into just two columns a week. Then I became interested in using multimedia, specifically as a way to engage young people. Nicholas Kristof Read Quote
I think we need to rethink a lot of business skills. In finance, for example, social impact bonds are potentially a way of providing capital for investments that save the public money in a context in which government often doesn’t invest in things that would save it money. Nicholas Kristof Read Quote
Numeracy isn’t a sign of geekiness, but a basic requirement for intelligent discussions of public policy. Nicholas Kristof Read Quote
One of the biggest complaints readers have about my work is that I don’t tell them often enough what they can do. I do think this is an area where journalism sometimes falls short. We describe a really grim situation but don’t really explain to people what they can do about it. Nicholas Kristof Read Quote
Conservatives are, I think, correct to highlight family stability as a fundamental issue that goes to the welfare of children as much as food stamps or anything else. Nicholas Kristof Read Quote
I’m sometimes embarrassed by how clinical I can become when I’m out reporting. Nicholas Kristof Read Quote
I have a one-question language test that people who have lived abroad do better on than those who studied in a classroom. Try my test yourself: In a foreign language you’ve studied, how do you say ‘doorknob’? Nicholas Kristof Read Quote
