M.I.T. has a reputation for turning out Dilberts. They may be brilliant in what they do, but no one can understand what they say. Steven Pinker Read Quote
A controlled carbohydrate lifestyle really prevents risk factors for heart disease. Robert Atkins Read Quote
Leadership is absolutely vital if there are comparable countries which can affect the security of the world you live in. Between Lincoln and Roosevelt’s time, America was protected by huge oceans and, in practice, by the British navy. Today, it’s different, and the obsession of the Obama administration has been for retrenchment. Henry Kissinger Read Quote
My forte is playing drunks down the ages. When my agent rings me about a role, I don’t ask what the part is, but what century it’s in. Johnny Vegas Read Quote
Time and again a close election leads to hand-wringing about the need for Electoral College reform; time and again, politicians and parties respond to the college’s incentives, and more capacious and unifying majorities are born. Ross Douthat Read Quote
Everything in America is so uniform. In Russia, everywhere you go is completely insane. Matt Taibbi Read Quote
Thank God for YouTube. Every Thanksgiving, I’m bombarded with ‘Turkey Lurkey Time.’ Donna McKechnie Read Quote
