Nytimes Quotes

“You don’t have to dumb it down, but you do have to sum it up.”
― Charles M. Blow

“Smart technologies are not just disruptive; they can also preserve the status quo. Revolutionary in theory, they are often reactionary in practice.”
― Evgeny Morozov

“Voter apathy is a civic abdication.”
― Charles M. Blow

“Conspiracy theories are the refuge of the disempowered.”
― Roger Cohen

“Our politics are overrun with characters acting at the behest of shadows.”
― Charles M. Blow

“I say, seeking to diminish the human dignity of another whose only crime is not loving whom you would have him or her love is immoral and an offense to the indomitable determination of the heart.”
― Charles M. Blow

“Canceled checks will be to future historians and cultural anthropologists what the Dead Sea Scrolls and hieroglyphics are to us.”
― Brent Staples

“The coup that overthrew President Chavez of Venezuela in April 2002 was greeted with euphoria in Washington. The new president—a businessman—was instantly recognized and the hope expressed that stability and order would return to the country, thus creating the basis for solid future development. The New York Times editorialized in identical language.
... The coup was reversed three days later and Chavez then came back to power. The State Department soberly denied any prior knowledge about anything, saying it was all an internal matter. It was to be hoped that a peaceful, democratic, and constitutional solution to the difficulties would be arrived at, they said. The New York Times editorial followed suit, merely adding that perhaps it was not a good idea to embrace the overthrow of a democratically elected regime, however obnoxious, too readily if one of America's fundamental values was support for democracy.”
― David Harvey, The New Imperialism

“The enemy is noise. The goal is clarity.”
― Jon Stewart

“I always, always wanted to be the Dungeon Master because that's where the creativity lies - in thinking up places, characters and situations. If done well, a game can be a novel in itself.”
― Sharyn McCrumb

“Users share old fascist fiction, .... propaganda and pseudoscientific texts about .... and .... and .......... theory, geared to radicalize their peers.”
― The Editorial Board

“I love it when I don’t have any plans the next day and end up reading until daybreak because I can’t sleep,” says the author, whose new novel is “The Premonition.” “It’s the best feeling.”
― Banana Yoshimoto