Joseph Bottum Quotes
We have a name for the sum of grievances and compromises, this sheer normality of life lived among other people. We call it civilization. Culture, society, the workaday interactions of ordinary time.
Anything that keeps old words in circulation is to be treasured, the French revolution be damned.
People who are easily embarrassed – those who blush too often and too soon – usually end up retreating from excellence.
A fierce hatred of embarrassment ruled a surprising amount of the life of Moses Malone, the Hall of Fame basketball center.