| Abigail Disney |
Disney |
1960- |
| Abraham Lincoln |
Lincoln |
1809-1865 |
| Alan Kay |
Kay |
1940- |
| Alan Lightman |
Lightman |
1948- |
| Albert Camus |
Camus |
1913-1960 |
| Albert Einstein |
Einstein |
1879-1955 |
| Albert Schweitzer |
Schweitzer |
1875-1965 |
| Aleksandr Aleksandrov |
Aleksandrov |
1948- |
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez |
Ocasio-Cortez |
1989- |
| Alexis de Tocqueville |
Tocqueville |
1805-1859 |
| Alfred North Whitehead |
Whitehead |
1861-1947 |
| Allen Ginsberg |
Ginsberg |
1926-1997 |
| Amanda Cross |
Cross |
1926-2003 |
| Amélie Rorty |
Rorty |
1932-2020 |
| Andy Warhol |
Warhol |
1928-1987 |
| Angeles Arrien |
Arrien |
1940-2014 |
| Anne Lamott |
Lamott |
1954- |
| anonymous |
anonymous |
|
| Ansel Adams |
Adams |
1902-1984 |
| Anthony Burgess |
Burgess |
1917-1993 |
| Anthony M. Kennedy |
Kennedy |
1936- |
| Anton Chekhov |
Chekhov |
1860-1904 |
| Anu Partanen |
Partanen |
1975- |
| Apple |
Apple |
|
| Aristotle |
Aristotle |
0384-0322 BC |
| Arnold J. Toynbee |
Toynbee |
1889-1975 |
| Barack Obama |
Obama |
1961- |
| Baruch Spinoza |
Spinoza |
1632-1677 |
| Ben Friedman |
Friedman |
1944- |
| Benjamin Franklin |
Franklin |
1706-1774 |
| Bertolt Brecht |
Brecht |
1898-1956 |
| Bertrand Russell |
Russell |
1872-1970 |
| Bibi Bahrami |
Bahrami |
|
| Bill McKibben |
McKibben |
1960- |
| Bob Dylan |
Dylan |
1941- |
| Bob Mandel |
Mandel |
|
| Bo Schembechler |
Schembechler |
1929-2006 |
| Brené Brown |
Brown |
1965- |
| Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods |
Hare, Woods |
|
| Brooks Robinson |
Robinson |
1937-2023 |
| Bruce Springsteen |
Springsteen |
1949- |
| Carl Jung |
Jung |
1875-1961 |
| Carl Sagan |
Sagan |
1934-1996 |
| Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan |
Sagan, Druyan |
1934-1996; 1949- |
| Celeste Ng |
Ng |
1980- |
| Charles Darwin |
Darwin |
1809-1882 |
| Charles Woodson |
Woodson |
1976- |
| Chris Argyris and Donald Schön |
Argyris, Schön |
1923-2013 |
| Clare W. Graves |
Graves |
1914-1986 |
| Colin Wilson |
Wilson |
1931-2013 |
| Craig Weber |
Weber |
1960- |
| C. S. Lewis |
Lewis |
1898-1963 |
| Dalai Lama |
Lama |
|
| Dambisa Moyo |
Moyo |
1969- |
| Daniel H. Pink |
Pink |
1964- |
| Danielle Allen |
Allen |
1971- |
| Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
Moynihan |
1927-2003 |
| Darrell Huff |
Huff |
1913-2001 |
| Dashiell Hammett |
Hammett |
1894-1961 |
| Dave Mayer |
Mayer |
1982(?)- |
| Dave Snowden |
Snowden |
1954- |
| David Brooks |
Brooks |
1961- |
| David Christian |
Christian |
1946- |
| David D. Clark |
Clark |
|
| David Foster Wallace |
Wallace |
1962-2008 |
| David Gates |
Gates |
1947- |
| David Graeber and David Wengrow |
Graeber, Wengrow |
1961- |
| David R. Samson |
Samson |
1989?- |
| David Sloan Wilson |
Wilson |
1949- |
| Dennis Stauffer |
Stauffer |
|
| Derek Bok |
Bok |
|
| Desiderius Erasmus |
Erasmus |
|
| Disputed |
Disputed |
|
| Don Beck and Chris Cowan |
Beck, Cowan |
|
| Dorothy L. Sayers |
Sayers |
|
| Dorothy Parker |
Parker |
1893-1967 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Eisenhower |
1890-1969 |
| Eamonn Kelly |
Kelly |
|
| E. B. White |
White |
|
| Edith Penrose |
Penrose |
|
| Edmund Burke |
Burke |
1729-1797 |
| Edmund Crispin |
Crispin |
1921-1978 |
| Edward Hopper |
Hopper |
1882-1967 |
| Edward Luce |
Luce |
1968- |
| Edwin G. Pulleyblank |
Pulleyblank |
1922-2013 |
| Eleanor Roosevelt |
Roosevelt |
|
| Elinor Ostrom |
Ostrom |
1933-2012 |
| Elton Trueblood |
Trueblood |
1900-1994 |
| E. M. Forster |
Forster |
1879-1970 |
| Emmanuel Macron |
Macron |
1977- |
| E. O. Wilson |
Wilson |
|
| Eric Braverman |
Braverman |
|
| Erich Fromm |
Fromm |
1900-1980 |
| Eric Hoffer |
Hoffer |
1902-1983 |
| Ernest Hemingway |
Hemingway |
1899-1961 |
| Ezra Klein |
Klein |
1984- |
| Frank Capra |
Capra |
|
| Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Roosevelt |
1882-1945 |
| Frank Lloyd Wright |
Wright |
1867-1959 |
| Frank W. Abrams |
Abrams |
1889-1976 |
| Frans de Waal |
Waal |
|
| Friedrich Nietzsche |
Nietzsche |
1844-1900 |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald |
Fitzgerald |
|
| Garry Kasparov |
Kasparov |
1963- |
| Genevieve von Petzinger |
Petzinger |
1990? |
| George Bernard Shaw |
Shaw |
1856-1950 |
| George Orwell |
Orwell |
1903-1950 |
| George Santayana |
Santayana |
1863-1952 |
| Gilbert Murray |
Murray |
|
| G. K. Chesterton |
Chesterton |
1874-1936 |
| Greta Thunberg |
Thunberg |
2003- |
| Groucho Marx |
Marx |
|
| Harry S. Truman |
Truman |
1884-1972 |
| Henri Matisse |
Matisse |
|
| Henry Ford |
Ford |
|
| Henry Miller |
Miller |
1891-1980 |
| Herb Bowie |
Bowie |
1951- |
| H. L. Mencken |
Mencken |
1880-1956 |
| Ian Bogost |
Bogost |
|
| Isaac Asimov |
Asimov |
|
| Jack Kerouac |
Kerouac |
1922-1969 |
| Jack Welch |
Welch |
|
| Jacob Bronowski |
Bronowski |
|
| James Baldwin |
Baldwin |
1924-1987 |
| James Madison |
Madison |
1751-1836 |
| Jasmine Donovan |
Donovan |
1970- |
| J. B. S. Haldane |
Haldane |
1892-1964 |
| Jeff Bezos |
Bezos |
1964- |
| Jeff Bezos and Jason Fried |
Bezos, Fried |
|
| Jeff Bridges |
Bridges |
1949- |
| Jenny Odell |
Odell |
1988?- |
| Jesus |
Jesus |
|
| Jim Coan |
Coan |
|
| Jim Geraghty |
Geraghty |
1961?- |
| Jimmy Buffet |
Buffet |
|
| Jim Womack |
Womack |
|
| J. K. Rowling |
Rowling |
1965- |
| Joe Boyd |
Boyd |
|
| John Adams |
Adams |
1735-1826 |
| John Bacon and Ed Zeiders |
Bacon, Zeiders |
|
| John Dickson Carr and Cecil Street |
Carr, Street |
|
| John F. Kennedy |
Kennedy |
1917-1963 |
| John Gall |
Gall |
|
| John Gottman |
Gottman |
|
| John Guillebaud |
Guillebaud |
1967?- |
| John Kenneth Galbraith |
Galbraith |
|
| John Lennon |
Lennon |
1940-1980 |
| John Maynard Keynes |
Keynes |
|
| John McCain |
McCain |
|
| John Rogers |
Rogers |
|
| John Stuart Mill |
Mill |
1806-1873 |
| John Taylor Gatto |
Gatto |
|
| John Updike |
Updike |
|
| Jonas Salk |
Salk |
|
| Jon Postel |
Postel |
|
| Jon Stewart |
Stewart |
|
| Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr. |
Badaracco, Jr. |
|
| Josiah Royce |
Royce |
|
| Juan Louis Vives |
Vives |
1493-1540 |
| Jürgen Klüver |
Klüver |
|
| Kate Raworth |
Raworth |
1970- |
| Katherine Phillips |
Phillips |
1972-2020 |
| Kenneth Boulding |
Boulding |
1910-1993 |
| Ken Wilber |
Wilber |
1949- |
| Kurt Vonnegut |
Vonnegut |
1922-2007 |
| Larry Fink |
Fink |
1952- |
| Lauren Groff |
Groff |
1978- |
| Lauretta Bender |
Bender |
|
| Lawrence Ferlinghetti |
Ferlinghetti |
1919-2021 |
| Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin |
Greenberg, Levin |
|
| Leif Enger |
Enger |
1961- |
| Leonard Bernstein |
Bernstein |
|
| Leonard Cohen |
Cohen |
|
| Lester Thurow |
Thurow |
1938-2016 |
| Lewis Carroll |
Carroll |
|
| Linda Ronstadt |
Ronstadt |
1946- |
| Lord Kelvin |
Kelvin |
1824-1907 |
| Louise Penny |
Penny |
1958- |
| Malcolm X |
X |
1925-1965 |
| Margaret Mead |
Mead |
1901-1978 |
| Margery Allingham |
Allingham |
1904-1966 |
| Marie Curie |
Curie |
1867-1934 |
| Mark Twain |
Twain |
|
| Marshall McLuhan |
McLuhan |
1911-1980 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. |
King |
1929-1968 |
| Martin Niemöller |
Niemöller |
1892-1984 |
| Martin Scorsese |
Scorsese |
1942- |
| Mary Shelley |
Shelley |
1797-1851 |
| Matthew Stewart |
Stewart |
|
| Megan Rapinoe |
Rapinoe |
1985- |
| Michael Chabon |
Chabon |
1963- |
| Michael Innes |
Innes |
1906-1994 |
| Michel Foucault |
Foucault |
|
| Milton Glaser |
Glaser |
|
| Moira Buffini |
Buffini |
|
| Montesquieu |
Montesquieu |
1689-1755 |
| Moritz Wagner |
Wagner |
|
| Neil Postman |
Postman |
|
| Niccolò Machiavelli |
Machiavelli |
|
| Nicholas Christakis |
Christakis |
1962- |
| Nick Cave |
Cave |
1957- |
| Niels Bohr |
Bohr |
1885-1962 |
| Notenik |
Notenik |
|
| Oliver Wendell Holmes |
Holmes |
|
| Otto Jespersen |
Jespersen |
|
| Pablo Picasso |
Picasso |
1881-1973 |
| Paul Bloom |
Bloom |
1963- |
| Paul McCartney |
McCartney |
|
| Peter Barnes |
Barnes |
1942- |
| Peter Boettke |
Boettke |
|
| Peter Freuchen |
Freuchen |
|
| Peter Kann |
Kann |
|
| Peter Senge |
Senge |
|
| Rachel Carson |
Carson |
1907-1964 |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Emerson |
1803-1882 |
| Ray Bradbury |
Bradbury |
1920-2012 |
| Raymond Chandler |
Chandler |
1888-1959 |
| Raymond Williams |
Williams |
1921-1988 |
| Ray Oldenburg |
Oldenburg |
|
| René Descartes |
Descartes |
1596-1650 |
| Richard Dawkins |
Dawkins |
1941- |
| Richard Feynman |
Feynman |
1918-1988 |
| Richard Hofstadter |
Hofstadter |
1916-1970 |
| Richard Powers |
Powers |
|
| Rick Rubin |
Rubin |
1963- |
| Robert B. Reich |
Reich |
|
| Robert Darnton |
Darnton |
1939- |
| Robert D. Austin |
Austin |
|
| Robert Heinlein |
Heinlein |
|
| Robert Putnam |
Putnam |
|
| Robert Riskin |
Riskin |
|
| Rollo May |
May |
1909-1994 |
| Ron Johnson |
Johnson |
|
| Ross MacDonald |
MacDonald |
1915-1983 |
| Sarah Bakewell |
Bakewell |
|
| Scott Adams |
Adams |
1957- |
| Sebastian Junger |
Junger |
1962- |
| Stan Lee |
Lee |
|
| Stephen Covey |
Covey |
1932-2012 |
| Stephen E. Nash |
Nash |
|
| Steve Jobs |
Jobs |
1955-2011 |
| Steven Johnson |
Johnson |
|
| Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt |
Levitsky, Ziblatt |
1968-; |
| Steven Pinker |
Pinker |
|
| Sydney Harris |
Harris |
|
| Ted Perry |
Perry |
|
| Thomas Jefferson |
Jefferson |
1743-1826 |
| Thomas J. Watson, Jr |
Watson, Jr |
|
| Thomas Keating |
Keating |
1923-2018 |
| Thomas Piketty |
Piketty |
|
| T. H. White |
White |
1906-1964 |
| Tim O'Reilly |
O'Reilly |
1954- |
| Tomas Tranströmer |
Tranströmer |
|
| Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister |
DeMarco, Lister |
1940- |
| Tom Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr. |
Peters, Waterman |
|
| Tom Robbins |
Robbins |
1932- |
| Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller |
Shales, Miller |
|
| Tom Waits |
Waits |
|
| Trygve Throntveit |
Throntveit |
|
| Tyler Cowen |
Cowen |
1962- |
| Upton Sinclair |
Sinclair |
1878-1968 |
| Ursula K. Le Guin |
Guin |
|
| Victor Frankl |
Frankl |
1905-1997 |
| Victor Hwang |
Hwang |
|
| Vishavjit Singh |
Singh |
|
| Wade Davis |
Davis |
1953- |
| Walt Disney |
Disney |
1901-1966 |
| Walter Mosley |
Mosley |
|
| Walter Reuther |
Reuther |
1907-1970 |
| Walt Whitman |
Whitman |
|
| Warren Buffett |
Buffett |
|
| W. H. Auden |
Auden |
1907-1973 |
| William Blake |
Blake |
|
| William J. Brown, Hays W. McCormick III and Scott W. Thomas |
Brown, McCormick, Thomas |
|
| William Jennings Bryan |
Bryan |
|
| William O. Douglas |
Douglas |
1898-1980 |
| Winston Churchill |
Churchill |
1874-1965 |
| Winthrop Sargeant |
Sargeant |
1903-1986 |
| W. Somerset Maugham |
Maugham |
1874-1965 |
| Wynton Marsalis |
Marsalis |
1961- |
| Yanis Varoufakis |
Varoufakis |
1961- |
| Yuval Noah Harari |
Harari |
1976- |
