#led

If half-black Barack Obama had decided years ago to call himself white - which his genes certainly entitled him to do - his story would have carried very different meaning. If millions of part-black people had followed him into whiteness, then the N.A.A.C.P. would be in true crisis. ↗

— Eric Liu

#barack #barack obama #call #carried #certainly

The Boomers have modeled a set of bad habits, and one grand gesture is not going to unwind all those bad habits. ↗

— Eric Liu

#bad habits #boomers #gesture #going #grand

True fans of the Constitution, like true fans of the national pastime, acknowledge the critical role of human judgment in making tough calls. We don't expect flawless interpretation. We expect good faith. We demand honesty. ↗

— Eric Liu

#calls #constitution #critical #critical role #demand

Why does an iPhone cost only a couple hundred dollars? Because, as the stage performer Mike Daisey depicted in an arresting one-man show called 'The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,' Apple's shiniest products are made by a shadowy company in China called Foxconn. ↗

— Eric Liu

#apple #arresting #because #called #china

A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself. ↗

— Titus Livius

#carefully #concealed #end #fraudulent #generally

It means that through knowledge have come responsibility and hope, and through both, action. ↗

— Edward Livingston

#both #come #hope #knowledge #means

Science consists exactly of those forms of knowledge that can be verified and duplicated by anybody. ↗

— Seth Lloyd

#consists #duplicated #exactly #forms #knowledge

If troubled companies want to explain away 2008 as a 'black swan,' then someone should take responsibility for creating the oil slick that seems to have tarred the entire flock! ↗

— Andrew Lo

#black #companies #creating #entire #explain

Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing. ↗

— John Locke

#knowledge #nothing #reasoning #truth #use

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience. ↗

— John Locke

#experience #go #here #his #knowledge