Harper's Index

"Estimated amount of glucose used by an adult human brain each day, expressed in M&Ms: 250"

4h

Anna Quindlen

"I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think interior decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves."

1d

Henry S. Haskins

"The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing."

1d

Joey Adams

"A psychiatrist is a fellow who asks you a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing."

1d

Henry Stimson

"The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him."

3d

Lois McMaster Bujold

"The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives."

3d

Charles Bukowski

"The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting."

3d

Abraham Maslow

"If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail."

5d

Leo Tolstoy

"Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them."

6d

Arnold Lobel

"Books to the ceiling,/ Books to the sky,/ My pile of books is a mile high./ How I love them! How I need them!/ I'll have a long beard by the time I read them."

6d