"Postmodernism will soon be confirmed as the American academic orthodoxy because it permits, ultimately, the summary d…"

"Yes, I know Marcus Aurelius or Vauvenargues or Chesterton has already said this, and far better; but let’s face it—yo…"

"I never fail to be mystified by those who regard the revision of a former opinion as a sign of weakness."

"The audience will always feel far more generous if, as some point in the evening, a little time has been found for th…"

"My late friend hated book-jackets, and ripped them all off immediately. I think he felt, somehow, that the book was s…"

"I’m always amused by those commentators who nervously insist that the working class’s constant use of the word fuck i…"

"Yes! I could find some comfort in the thought Of being scourged, Were there but hope that this defiling sin Which mar…"

"O to be like my Lord! Yet must I be Mine own self too, And to the nature He bestowed on me Be frankly true.The olive …"

"The twentieth century had conclusively settled the question of how a society should be organised: liberal democracy, …"

"For James, there was no sense that expanding Tesco’s sales onto the web was what the human race urgently needed. It d…"