30 Quotes by Leon Wieseltier

There are times when the power of language is not the power that is needed.

I do not value religion chiefly for its morality.

Dilettantism is the sort of thing one must avoid.

Her book about the money in sex gives you the feeling of the sex in money.

I was not interested in spending 10 years in the culture wars.

Incorruptibility by money is the old story... Now it's incorruptibility by media.

Why should I admire somebody for his ability to manipulate me? In other realms of life, this talent is known as demagoguery.

Incorruptibility by money is the old story, ... Now it's incorruptibility by media.

The effort was to summon to the bosoms of her personnel the sort of man that Barrows likes to call "nice." Nice meant rich.