“ (Dune's Frank) Herbert made religion the inescapable instrument of cultural change. ”
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.
~ Joseph Bottum
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.
