Brave New World

I think if you

I think if you ask what people really mean by happiness today, it is the experience of unlimited consumption – the kind of thing Mr. Huxley described in Brave New World. Erich Fromm

I think the fact that Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World and talked about anthrax bombs probably helped because at least we… people had the understanding before the war began that’s something we didn’t want to get into. Freeman Dyson

Anyone too undisciplined, too

Anyone too undisciplined, too self-righteous or too self-centered to live in the world as it is has a tendency to idealize a world which ought to be. But no matter what political or religious direction such idealists choose, their visions always share one telling characteristic: in their utopias, heavens or brave new worlds, their greatest … Read more

[One of my kids

[One of my kids ]is not named after Aldous Huxley. I haven’t even read Brave New World! Charlie Brooker

In a brave new

In a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain mistakes. The mistakes that have been made on homeland security, on protecting our Nation from another terrorist attack, are mistakes of omission. We are simply not doing enough. Charles Schumer

If men are obsolete,

If men are obsolete, then women will soon be extinct — unless we rush down that ominous Brave New World path where women clone themselves by parthenogenesis, as famously do Komodo dragons, hammerhead sharks, and pit vipers. Camille Paglia

The innovative spirit was

The innovative spirit was America’s strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts. Arthur Erickson

There isn’t a child

There isn’t a child who hasn’t gone out into the brave new world who eventually doesn’t return to the old homestead carrying a bundle of dirty clothes. Art Buchwald

The Obama campaign is

The Obama campaign is one of the greatest examples of what is possible in the brave new world of 21st Century marketing. They did a masterful job of connecting with minds, personalizing messages, refining old and new media, sending clear messages, and providing the feedback that enabled them to respond to the messages they heard. … Read more

The invisible is only

The invisible is only another unexplored country, a brave new world. Angela Carter