Joshua Withers

“Cynicism is a theory of everything. The cynic is always right.”
― Rutger Bregman, Humankind: A Hopeful History – from the presenter of the 2025 BBC ‘Moral Revolution’ Reith lectures

“New York blends the gift of privacy with the excitement of participation; and better than most dense communities it succeeds in insulating the individual (if he wants it, and almost everybody wants or needs it) against all enormous and violent and wonderful events that are taking place every minute.”
― E.B. White, Here Is New York

“Most people don’t know why they’re doing what they’re doing. They imitate others, go with the flow, and follow paths without making their own. They spend decades in pursuit of something that someone convinced them they should want, without realizing that it won’t make them happy. Don’t”
― Derek Sivers, Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur

“Thought, if not written down and shared with others, changes nothing. Does it matter?”
― Jocelyn K. Glei, Make Your Mark