People don't get involved with local charities or politics because they think it's hard to make a difference and the problem feels overwhelming. But I believe that if all I've time for this year is to write one letter to the local council, it's still worth doing. Monica Ali charitycouncildifference share on social
Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value. R. Buckminster Fuller disperseharvesthave Change image and share on social
You have not converted a man because you have silenced him. John Morley convertmansilence Change image and share on social
I feel that if I am freed of the burden of politics, then I can do more and I can take more unpopular decisions. I can have as my guidance for decision whatever is right, not whatever is popular. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo burdendecisionfeel Change image and share on social
Until politics are a branch of science we shall do well to regard political and social reforms as experiments rather than short-cuts to the millennium. John B. S. Haldane branchcutexperiment Change image and share on social
In politics, religion and other areas of culture, people disagree on the worth of competing ideas. There is no equivalent to the scientific method that can determine in a robust way which ideas match the real world, and which ones can be ruled out. So conflicting ideologies persist indefinitely. Nathan Myhrvold areacompeteconflict share on social
I'm sitting in my home office wearing a bathrobe. The same way I'm not going to start wearing ties, I'm also not going to buy into the fake politeness, the lying, the office politics and backstabbing, the passive aggressiveness, and the buzzwords. Linus Torvalds aggressivenessbackstabbathrobe share on social
The way politics divides the world is into friend and enemy. Francis Parker Yockey divideenemyfriend Change image and share on social
The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead. Harold Rosenberg artdeaddestroy share on social
I will certainly not join politics. I would like to be remembered as a clean businessman who has not partaken in any twists and turns beneath the surface, and one who has been reasonably successful. Ratan Tata beneathbusinessmanclean Change image and share on social