“Confidence is the immaterial residue of material actions. Confidence is the public face of competence.”
Ron Suskind“As an editor, you develop a B.S. meter—an internal warning system that signals caution about journalism that doesn't feel trustworthy. Sometimes it's a quote or incident that's too perfect —a feeling I always had when reading stories by Stephen Glass in the New Republic. Sometimes it's too many errors of fact, the overuse of anonymous sources, or signs that a reporter hasn't dealt fairly with people or evidence. And sometimes it's a combination of flaws that produces a ring of falsity, the whiff of a bad egg. There's no journalist who sets off my bullshit alarm like Ron Suskind.”
Jacob Weisberg“The substance of faith is a hope in the unseen.”
Ron Suskind“Younger colleagues tended to draw untested self-confidence from their bonuses and prestigious degrees.”
Ron Suskind, Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President“Security is by far the city's predominant business.”
Ron Suskind, The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism“These were lobbyists—many of them compensated quite handsomely not to react as human beings.”
Ron Suskind, Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President“If the breadth of perspectives is wide enough to represent the fullest range of views, consensus is unlikely. If consensus is swiftly achieved, it probably means too few voices have been heard.”
Ron Suskind, Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President“It is one thing to rouse the passion of a people, and quite another to lead them.”
Ron Suskind, Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President“Push the needle into some middle range of guarded optimism.”
Ron Suskind, The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism“Rapid change, accommodating it can be one of the great human capacities. But living through it can be the stuff of stress and often suffering.”
Ron Suskind, Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President“He is now judging himself, harshly, by his captors' rules.”
Ron Suskind, The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism