Richard Posner Quotes

I’ve become less conservative since the Republican Party started becoming goofy.

Fact is often stranger than fiction because most writers of fiction try to make their stories plausible.

A diversity of approaches is necessary if there is to be a good chance of hitting on one that works. Progress is a social undertaking & achievement, because people see things differently

Because reputation lags achievement, we should expect people to reach the zenith of their reputation well past the zenith of their productive output

We have a tendency to assume people are a unity, and thus good people all good, etc. But the fact that Hitler was good to dogs and children isn't a paradox.

In a religiously uniform culture, it is natural for people to take for granted the truth of the prevailing religion and its associated metaphysical propositions.