The notion of our leaders as patrician ascetics of unassailable virtue is risible. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes ascetic leader notion
My dad and I compete on the pool table; that's the most important competition of our lives. The fact that I'm writing and it works for me is one of the great joys for him. We talk about writing, and it's great. Nick Harkaway competecompetitiondad share on social
Suddenly, the idea of writing a book was like coming home. I didn't tell anyone except my wife, Clare. I just began. Nick Harkaway beginbookclare Change image and share on social
I make up names for people all the time - it's part of writing. Very often, the name comes with the character, along with of a sense of who they are and what they do. Nick Harkaway charactermakename Change image and share on social
Mother Teresa was the very embodiment of saintliness: white-clad, sad-eyed, ascetic and often photographed with the wretched of the earth. Steven Pinker asceticclotheearth Change image and share on social
The free sharing and teaching of open source is incompatible with the notion of the solitary genius. Golan Levin freegeniusincompatible Change image and share on social
