Quotes of: Capitol-hill Keyword

Society is not just the product of its individual members; it is also the product of its constituent groups.

Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations

Feminism has had exactly the same problem that "political correctness" has had: people keep using the phrase without really knowing what it means.

How to Be a Woman

And every book, you find, has its own social group--friends of its own it wants to introduce you to, like a party in the library that need never, ever end.

How to Be a Woman

Simon shook his head. 'I don't want to be a hero. I'd rather abandon the technology altogether, sit on a hill and speak to my neighbours by smoke-signal.

Infected Connection

The road was so dimly lighted. There we;re no highway signs to guide. But they made up their minds, If all roads were blind, They wouldn't give up 'til they died....

Infinity + One

We weren't so different, Finn and I. Cages come in lots of colors and shapes. Some are gilded, while others have a slamming door. But golden handcuffs are still handcuffs.

Infinity + One

The benefit of such horizontal interactions - people sharing knowledge across fields - is that it encourages conceptual blending, which is an extremely important part of the insight process.

Imagine: How Creativity Works

The great ages did not perhaps produce much more talent than ours,' [T.S.] Eliot wrote. 'But less talent was wasted.

Imagine: How Creativity Works

In fact, most of us see perseverance as a distinctly uncreative approach, the sort of strategy that people with mediocre ideas are forced to rely on.

Imagine: How Creativity Works

When a friend of Abigail and John Adams was killed at Bunker Hill, Abigail's response was to write a letter to her husband and include these words, "My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.

John Adams

Maybe, when you hear the name "Beverly," you think of Beverly Hills--people wandering the streets with their heads shot off by money.

Jesus' Son

Economy is not baseball, where the game is always played by the same rules.

The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't

I thought I wanted the truth, but I don't. The past is the past and it can't be changed. It's the future I'm interested in." -Gabriel McGregor

Sidney Sheldon's Mistress of the Game

Fill your heart with truth so that the wisdom of Christ will flow fluently from you like a living river moving into the seeking hearts of the thirsty.

Standing at the Top of the Hill

Memory training is not just for the sake of performing party tricks; it's about nurturing something profoundly and essentially human.

Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

Our lives are the sum of our memories. How much are we willing to lose from our already short lives by … not paying attention?

Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

What better way to try to begin to understand the nature and meaning of human memory than to investigate its absence?

Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

A meaningful relationship between two people cannot sustain itself only in the present tense.

Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

If you've had the right kind of education, it's amazing how many things you can find to feel guilty about.

McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland

Don’t get me wrong. I like dogs. I love them, in fact. It’s their human counterparts I could sometimes do without.

Murder Strikes a Pose

I have a rule for working out if the root problem of something is, in fact, sexism. And it is this: asking 'Are the boys doing it? Are the boys having to worry about this stuff? Are the boys the centre of a gigantic global debate on this subject?

Moranthology