Andrew Delbanco quotes

Andrew Delbanco quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“As people spin faster and faster in the pursuit of merely personal happiness, they become exhausted in the futile effort of chasing themselves.”
-- Andrew Delbanco

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“The most striking feature of contemporary culture is the unslaked craving for transcendence.”
-- Andrew Delbanco

Source : Andrew DELBANCO (2009). “The Real American Dream”, p.114, Harvard University Press

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“So we might say that the most important thing one can acquire in college is a well-functioning bullshit meter.”
-- Andrew Delbanco

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