16 Quotes by Michael Austin

We treat others badly not because we don't understand how people should be treated but because we don't really consider them people.

Classical philosophy holds that perpetual agreement with another person is incompatible with friendship. Because no two people can possibly agree on everything, someone who never expresses disagreement with you is acting insincerely - and true friendship requires sincerity above almost everything else.

We are scared little mammals with millions of years of evolution telling us to scurry away from anything or anyone who threatens our well-being, but outrage culture gives us a script that we can follow: simply adopt a sneering, angry tone and repeat all of the talking points from our favorite blog or radio show while insisting that anyone who disagrees is crazy, stupid, or evil.

one of the more enjoyable aspects of the job.

People kept coming up to our booth asking if this was the knee brace that everyone was talking about!

We need to carefully control our total exposure. We're still going to write business in Manhattan, but not near known terror targets.

Right now we're predominantly supplying football teams, but we have a local basketball player whose doctor has recommended the AirArmor to avoid re-injuring his MCL,

A promising career can be cut short, ... The knee is the number one body part injured in football and a single injury can cost a scholarship or end a career.

As of today, we're running over 10 percent above last year. We've got a market and a half down here.