A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes anger behalf deserve
The why is what makes journalism an adult game. The why is what makes policy coherent and useful. The why is what transforms bureaucrats and foot soldiers and political leaders into viable instruments of rational and affirmative change. The why is everything and without it, the very suggestion of human progress becomes a cosmic joke. David Simon adultaffirmativebureaucrat share on social
To be told you've won a MacArthur fellowship is very flattering and gratifying personally. David Simon fellowshipflattergratify Change image and share on social
There are two Americas - separate, unequal, and no longer even acknowledging each other except on the barest cultural terms. In the one nation, new millionaires are minted every day. In the other, human beings no longer necessary to our economy, to our society, are being devalued and destroyed. David Simon acknowledgeamericabare share on social
The poet is primarily a spokesman, making statements or incantations on behalf of himself or others - usually for both, for it is difficult to speak for oneself without speaking for others or to speak for others without speaking for oneself. Louis MacNeice behalfdifficultincantation share on social
Sometimes the routes leading to feelings of anger are so convoluted and circuitous that it takes enormous skill to discern their original source, or fountainhead. But regardless of the reason for or the source of the anger or the relative ease or complexity in perceiving either the anger or its source - everybody, but everybody, gets angry. Theodore Isaac Rubin angerangrycircuitous share on social
Terrorists are not 100 feet tall. Nor do they deserve the abject fear they seek to instill. John O. Brennan abjectdeservefear Change image and share on social