Characters last. Beautiful writing lasts. A compelling narrative lasts. Art survives long after ideas go extinct.... — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
The Enron scandal calls into question the integrity of the entire capitalist system, which previously we assumed was based on honest, straightforward greed. — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
“But perhaps we see a different set of sins in our own time: a reluctance to take on any new Great National Projects, a… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
It depends on your specific conception of God, because belief can equally well leave you with this constant sense that you're coming up short… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
Right-thinking people are not supposed to discuss any meteorological or geophysical event - a hurricane, a wildfire, a heat wave, a drought, a flood,… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
“Geologists think the mountains were formed by several distinct tectonic events over the course of 500 million years, a span of time that represents… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
Coffee is one of the special things I have, instead of a social life. — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
Most geniuses are just talented people who get up really early in the morning. — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
You might declare that global warming and energy insecurity, not to mention urban sprawl and pollution, have intensified the sin of indulging one's motoring… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
Lobbyists know that a 0 percent tax rate on capital income is not, in fact, the lowest possible rate. There can be negative tax… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
Girls were nice to me in the same way that they would be nice to a hamster. I fantasized about wild encounters with females… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
Never has good weather felt so bad. Never have flowers inspired so much fear. Never has the warm caress of a sunbeam seemed so… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
