Timothy Noah

Success is a wonderful thing, but it tends not to be the sort of experience that we learn from. We enjoy it; perhaps we even deserve it. But we don't acquire wisdom from it.

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These are some quotes by American author Timothy Noah Journalist, who was born in 1958.

Quotes by Timothy Noah

Spoken language's elaborate rhythms and inflections convey more meaning per word than the printed word.

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If you want to slow medical inflation in the private sector, it makes sense to expand the government's investment in private health care.

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Customer service, they say, is dead. Actually, it isn't. It's just hiding behind a call center in Manila.

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