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“The Australian is forcefully loquacious, until the moment of expressing any emotion. He is aggressively committed to equality and equal-opportunity for all men, except for black Australians. He has high assurance in anything he does combined with a gnawing lack of confidence in anything he thinks.”
― Robin Boyd, The Australian Ugliness

“It is irrational to be politically well-informed because the low returns from data simply do not justify their cost in time and other resources.”
― Bryan Caplan, The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies

“Joy doesn’t betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated, and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection.”
― Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities

“The more deference there is, the narrower the band of judgements on which organisations rely. Deference acts like the fatty deposits that build up in arteries, restricting the flow of fresh, oxygen-enriched blood across the system.”
― Robin Ryde, Never Mind the Bosses: Hastening the Death of Deference for Business Success