Bret Stephens Quotes

I routinely interview college students, mostly from top schools, and I notice that their brains are like old maps, with lots of blank spaces for the uncharted terrain. It's not that they lack for motivation or IQ. It's that they can't connect the dots when they don't know where the dots are in the first place.

Bret Stephens

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You can get all A's and still flunk life.

Walker Percy
- Life
- You
- Still
Sometimes when I visit schools, kids will interview me for the school newspaper. They ask me questions and my answers tend to go on and on, and they try to write down everything I'm saying as quickly as they can. And one day, a kid holds up her hand and said, 'Do you think you could just answer 'yes' or 'no?' Aren't kids wonderful?

Patricia Reilly Giff
- Up
- School
- Kids
If you want to change things, it requires bravery.

Naftali Bennett
- Want
- Change
- Bravery
Unless one is a religious fundamentalist and believes that man was created in the image and likeness of God, it is foolish to believe that human beings are exempt from biological classification and the laws of evolution that apply to all other life forms.

J. Philippe Rushton
- Life
- God
- Believe
I think music needs danger; it needs risk.

Taylor Momsen
- Music
- Think
- Risk
I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.

Mahershala Ali
- Trying
- Truth
- Small