For Philistines like me, the mysteries of Washington can be both perplexing and wondrous. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes mystery perplex philistine
Times change. Every generation has a new set of problems. Human nature is unmoved. David Harsanyi changegenerationhuman Change image and share on social
Zero-tolerance on drinking and driving - meaning no drinking at all before driving - is a collective punishment that, in essence, only affects responsible adults who follow the law. David Harsanyi adultaffectcollective Change image and share on social
We have little choice but to place a certain level of trust in scientists - even when it comes to the model-driven speculative discipline of climate change. And, need it be said, most scientists take great care in being honest, principled and precise. David Harsanyi carechangechoice share on social
Everything about me is a contradiction, and so is everything about everybody else. We are made out of oppositions; we live between two poles. There's a philistine and an aesthete in all of us, and a murderer and a saint. You don't reconcile the poles. You just recognize them. Orson Welles aesthetecontradictionlive share on social
It is not as though the process of production holds any mystery for me, I know exactly what it involves and I know the predominant concern in shooting one of those things is production values - or as they would say, seeing it all up there on screen. Atom Egoyan concernholdinvolve share on social
I was completely with the reality TV boom for a while. I really liked a lot of the reality TV, and the one that lost me was the ballroom dancing one they do, 'Dancing with the Stars.' That was the one where I watched it and I was perplexed. I thought it was really boring. Adam McKay ballroomboombore share on social