Oscar

“The anxious positioning Bourdieu had noted could be felt in a tweeted "humblebrag," an attempt to claim cultural capital without looking as if one were doing so.”
― Tom Vanderbilt, You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice

“Tell me, Dr. Lanark, is there a connection between your love of vast panorama and your distate for human problems?”
― Alasdair Gray, Lanark

“What makes a good judge? Confidence for one. An expert, in Shanteau's view, is someone good at convincing others he or she is an expert. Good judges may make small errors, but they will "generally avoid large mistakes." When they encounter exceptions, experts are good at making"single-case deviations in their decision patterns." Novices, meanwhile, tend to stick stubbornly to the rules, even when they are inappropriate.”
― Tom Vanderbilt, You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice

“Carding's robe, for example, had become a silk and lace convection of overpoweringly expensive tastelessness, and gave him the appearance of a big red jelly draped with antimacassars.

'It suits me, don't you think?”
― Terry Pratchett