The very opposite of freedom is cliche, and nothing is less free, more inert with convention and hollow brutality, than a row of four-letter words.
George SteinerIt is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past.
George SteinerI have students who are now in chairs in five continents. They invite me to their inaugurals. A tremendous reward.
George SteinerMore and more lower-middle-income families either live their lives in debt or leave the city altogether. The boom is strictly at the penthouse level.
George Steiner