Adam Gopnik Quote

Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.

Whenever they are condemning weaves or breast implants, some people speak so passionately that their false teeth almost fall out.

Very often the test of one's allegiance to a cause or to a people is precisely the willingness to stay the course when things are boring, to run the risk of repeating an old argument just one more tim...

Never give a person a piece of your mind when all you really wanted to do was give them a piece of your heart.

We seldom learn much from someone with whom we agree.

You can't fight hatred with hatred and expect anyone to listen to you. You can only try to lessen it with humor, wit, truth and commonsense. If that doesn't work run like hell, while they throw rocks...

Silence isn't always agreement. Sometimes people no longer argue because they no longer care.

n order to capture someone's attention, you must allow them to have the mental and emotional space to let you in.

We usually learn from debates that we seldom learn from debates.

I suppose that means you don’t want any band-aids, either, I said, a touch more bitterly than I’d meant to.