Martha Nussbaum

“Anger is about status injury.”

— Martha Nussbaum

I don't waste time despising people.

— Martha Nussbaum

I love to exercise.

— Martha Nussbaum

I enjoy intellectual companionship.

— Martha Nussbaum

It's always been intriguing to me, the loveability of mortality.

— Martha Nussbaum

Well, I'm trained as a classicist, so I like to read the Greeks and Romans.

— Martha Nussbaum

I listen to music. I particularly love Mozart.

— Martha Nussbaum

Philanthropy can have a very strong selfish component.

— Martha Nussbaum

I think that Muslims are criticised all around the world.

— Martha Nussbaum

Mob rule is always extremely dangerous for the future of democracy.

— Martha Nussbaum

I can run a long distance very slowly and I do a half marathon every year.

— Martha Nussbaum

It's always easier for people to face backward than to face forward.

— Martha Nussbaum

Fear requires belief that you will be harmed, and it is easily manipulated by rhetoric.

— Martha Nussbaum

Teaching has always been a very important part of my life. It is one of the ways I contribute to society. It…

— Martha Nussbaum

Men in particular think that they have achieved something if they can make a woman mad, particularly if she is calm and…

— Martha Nussbaum

I wish a person with a record of competence such as Nitish Kumar would get a chance to lead India.

— Martha Nussbaum

All of us, whether we are ignorant of philosophy or professors of philosophy, find it easier to follow dogma than to think.

— Martha Nussbaum

In my experience and observation, senior appointments are rarely based entirely on merit.

— Martha Nussbaum

At first I imagined I'd write detective novels, because I loved 'Nancy Drew.'

— Martha Nussbaum

I'm very upset that the Supreme Court ruled that citizens don't have standing to challenge the faith based initiatives on constitutional grounds.

— Martha Nussbaum

You have to connect your work to what people are doing. A good way is to construct a bridge between theory and…

— Martha Nussbaum

I don't want to talk about the regulation of financial markets because that is not my sphere of expertise. It's a very…

— Martha Nussbaum

I think ageing is challenging, surprising, fun, and full of friendship, so that is the approach I'll take, objecting to the stigmatization…

— Martha Nussbaum

Clothing that covers the body can be comfortable or uncomfortable, depending on the fabric. In India I typically wear a full salwaar…

— Martha Nussbaum

There is no reason why an American scholar cannot by himself or herself develop an adequate understanding of another culture. And I…

— Martha Nussbaum

You have to address anger, fear, and then to think about what the alternatives are: hope, faith, a certain kind of brotherly…

— Martha Nussbaum

There's nothing illogical, it seems to me, about saying, 'I am going to care deeply about my work and my writing. I'm…

— Martha Nussbaum

Among the good and decent men, some are unprepared for the surprises of life, and their good intentions run aground when confronted…

— Martha Nussbaum

“Do not despise your inner world. That is the first and most general piece of advice I would offer… Our society is…

— Martha Nussbaum

“To be a good human is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond…

— Martha Nussbaum

On the whole, the accommodationist position has been dominant in U.S. law and public culture ─ ever since George Washington wrote a…

— Martha Nussbaum

When I was four I joined a group of girls who were talking about their party dresses. I thought they were imagining,…

— Martha Nussbaum

Look at the great tradition of Western political philosophy. Those people were all immersed in revolutionary movements. Most weren't career academics -…

— Martha Nussbaum

“It seems to me that good philosophy will always have a place in the investigation of any matter of deep human importance,…

— Martha Nussbaum

I think we've lost the idea that politicians are part of the humanities. And we think of them as part of a…

— Martha Nussbaum

“An education is truly “fitted for freedom” only if it is such as to produce free citizens, citizens who are free not…

— Martha Nussbaum

I wouldn't express anything without being very thoughtful.

— Martha Nussbaum

Emotions aren't just mindless urges; they contain thoughts about matters of importance.

— Martha Nussbaum

I think that it's rational to fear your own death or to fear harm to your family.

— Martha Nussbaum

We have fear as soon as we are born, we are born into a state of physical helplessness.

— Martha Nussbaum