A radical and transformative thought goes nowhere without the willingness to challenge convention.

Incompetence is certainty in the absence of expertise. Overconfidence is certainty in the presence of expertise.

Flom had the same experience...He didn't triumph over adversity. Instead, what started out as adversity ended up being an opportunity.

A book, I was taught long ago in English class, is a living and breathing document that grows richer with each new reading.

The ethics of plagiarism have turned into the narcissism of small differences: because journalism cannot own up to its heavily derivative nature, it must enforce originality on the level of the sentence.

The face is not a secondary billboard for our internal feelings. It is an equal partner in the emotional process.

By shifting the balance away from the individual we open the door for the individual. Because we make it obvious that anyone can do it given the right circumstance.