Just 3 Quotes - 01.27.2020
3 quotes from 3 books. Sent weekly.
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—Mark
“Assumptions made and methods used in various disciplines are not necessarily the same. The physicist's, the biologist's, the historian's, the philosopher's, and the artist's modes of knowing are different. I am wary of absolutism in all its forms.”
—A Woman Looking At Men Looking At Women: Essays on Art, Sex, and the Mind, by Siri Hustvedt
“The endless modern laments about how texting and emails are shortening the attention span go back to Plato, who deplored writing as a destroyer of memorising.”
—The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves, by Matt Ridley
“Building better habits isn't about littering your day with life hacks. It's not about flossing one tooth each night or taking a cold shower each morning or wearing the same outfit each day. It's not about achieving external measures of success like earning more money, losing weight, or reducing stress. Habits can help you achieve all of these things, but fundamentally they are not about having something. They are about becoming someone.”
—Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones, by James Clear