Walter Kirn Quotes

We want to believe that we're invulnerable, and that people who get tricked deserve it. Well, they don't. And someday the arrogant types who mock the gullible are likely to get their turn to wear the dunce cap.

Walter Kirn

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PeopleBelieveWantDeserveCap

There's something suspicious about saying, 'I'm just going to leave my child alone and let her pursue her passions.' You know what? I think most 13-year-olds' passion is sitting in front of the TV, or doing Facebook, or surfing the Internet for hours.

Amy Chua

PassionAloneChildSayingThink

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

Truman Capote

GoodConversationMeetWhyTwo

I contend that Bush would be a lot more moderate if there weren't some fundamentalists breathing down his neck every time he wants to establish the state of Israel, every time he wants to do justice for the Palestinian people.

Tony Campolo

TimeJusticePeopleDownMoreNeck

I served at a time when we had a strong economy, when we had deficits that we would die for today. I was able to propose a balanced budget, not over ten years, but over five years. I'm proud of that record.

Rob Portman

TodayTimeProudStrongBudgetDie

I toured around for years, but the road was always a drag for me. I never made a dime. In fact, I lost a lot of money - it was horrible.

Ry Cooder

MoneyMeRoadLostNeverAlways

I was brought up by my father to think that the best thing in life was to be charming, to have a nice smile, always to be liked.

Miranda Seymour

LifeSmileFatherBestThinkNice

Governance has been at the heart of the work of the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations and is a clear focus in its report, 'Now for the Long Term.'

Mo Ibrahim

WorkFutureHeartFocusLongNow

Every transportation department at schools thought that there should be a bike buddy program. They thought that bicycle commuters wanted to find another buddy to bike with to campus, which is a nice idea. But the consumer demand for that was about zero.

Logan Green

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Cyber weapons won't go away, and their spread can't be controlled. Instead, as we've done for other destructive technologies, the world needs to establish a set of principles to determine the proper conduct of governments regarding cyber conflict.

Jared Cohen

ConflictWorldGoDonePrinciples

There are lines of geomagnetic force running through the Earth's crust, and most of the time, these run in opposing directions - forward and backward. In some places, they deviate and will cross each other, and when that happens, you kind of get a geomagnetic mess going in all different directions. I call these vertices.

Diana Gabaldon

TimeForwardYouEarthKindRun

You're not born woke. Something wakes you up.

DeRay Mckesson

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I want the belt. Always.

Donald Cerrone

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