The triumph of physics has poisoned many disciplines, including physics.
Apr 172015
Apr 162015
A book that ossifies at exactly the same rate as its readers becomes a beloved contemporary classic.
Apr 152015
In politics you can be right as long as you don’t care if you win, or win as long as you don’t care if you’re right.
Apr 142015
The weak often want to be thought wicked, but the wicked never want to be thought weak.
Apr 132015
Books can also change lives for the worse.
Apr 102015
If progress is marching, it must be drunk.
Apr 092015
Imitation is the most sincere, but parody is the most flattering.
Apr 082015
I regret all of my exclamation points, most of my semicolons, half of my em-dashes, some of my question marks, and none of my periods.
Apr 072015
The man who undertakes to rid himself of his illusions and biases can end up like an old painting, improperly cleaned.
Apr 062015
Travel appears a great luxury to those accustomed to the greater one of staying put.