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- |