Everybody has bad at-bats -- except McCutchen.
Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.
Your public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.
Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.
Carelessness about our security is dangerous, carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous.
Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.
Criticism at the wrong time, even if it's legitimate criticism, can be seriously damaging and make the writer lose faith in what he's doing. It's the timing that's all-important.
The will to grow is, in essence, the same phenomenon as love. Genuinely loving people are, by definition, growing people.
Economist and Africa expert Collier analyzes why a group of 50 nations, home to the poorest one billion people, are failing. Considering issues such as civil war, dependence on extractive industries, and bad governance, he argues that the strongest industrialized countries must enact a plan to help with international policies and standards.
I was really scared that other girls hated me, that I wasn't pretty enough or cool enough or I didn't have enough Instagram followers or whatever. Finding female friendship was such a monumental point in my life. And I never want somebody to feel like they have to re-evaluate themselves to join my friends or to join any friend-group.