Straussians In Academia Quotes & Sayings

No one wants to hear the truth if it isn't what they want to hear. — Aaron Brown

No matter the style, the farther one goes the more obstacles increase, and the more distant appears the object it is desired to attain. Again, the most strenuous labor affords the greatest artists but a disquieting gleam which only reveals their inadequacy, while the self-satisfied ignoramus surrounded by the deepest gloom flatters himself that he has nothing more to learn. — Jean-Georges Noverre

I remember being so young I thought all artists were famous. — Mary Ruefle

Please, Sadie, I know I don't deserve it, but I want to talk to you. I need to talk to you. — Abbi Glines

So after all justice comes...
(Person of Interest) — Deyth Banger

There's more to research than just looking up facts. Eventually, you have to make subjective calls. If you're writing a science fiction novel, there's probably some speculative technology in it. You'll have to decide how to project existing technology forward in a plausible way. — Andy Weir

I'll tell you right now, a ghoul's hunger is true hell. — Sui Ishida

Courage is the counterpoint of fear. Courage appears when in war or business, one is indeed scared. — G.R. Gopinath