Quotes about "Politics & Government"

No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa. ”

I'm an extreme libertarian, but I realize we're in a democracy, and in a democracy, people can have views of all stripes, and there's no reason to argue about it. ”

State constitutions typically provide that the state first has to service its debt, then make it pension payments, and then pay for services. What we don't know is whether that order will be enforced. And ultimately, the busted state is going to be looking to the federal government for a bailout. Think Greece, but on a much bigger scale. ”

When you sign up for Facebook, the service first searches for any mentions of your name and suggests you befriend anyone who has mentioned you in their posts. It then asks to access your e-mail account so you can connect with anyone with whom you regularly correspond. ”

I went to public school for like, one day. I don't get it. Everybody tries to be exactly the same. I think being an outsider is a good thing. ”

When you're in medicine - especially when you're a resident in a public hospital - you feel like you're doing your part. But not when you're a writer. ”

In Israel, there is this reduction of the political discourse to something that is very limited. It's as if you have that pitch that only dogs can hear. Sometimes I feel I speak at such a pitch that very few people around me communicate with what I'm saying. ”

I was first introduced to Kafka's writing during my compulsory army-service basic training. During that period, Kafka's fiction felt hyperrealistic. ”

What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things. ”

From the business point of view - not to overstate it - intellectual property is dead; long live intellectual process. Long live service; long live performance. ”