Top 5 Quotes by Matthew Crawford

The truth does not reveal itself to idle spectators.

The truth does not reveal itself to idle spectators.

Doe, Idle, Spectators

Matthew B. Crawford (2009). “Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work”, p.71, Penguin

It's a good idea to pay attention to the world and try to understand how it works rather than how you would like it to work.

Matthew Crawford

Ideas, Trying, Attention

Out of the current confusion of ideals and confounding of career hopes, a calm recognition may yet emerge that productive labor is the foundation of all prosperity.

Matthew Crawford

Careers, Confusion, Foundation

Matthew B. Crawford (2009). “Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work”, p.12, Penguin

We in the West have arranged our institutions to prevent the concentration of political power. … But we have failed utterly to prevent the concentration of economic power, or take account of how such concentration damages the conditions under which full human flourishing becomes possible (it is never guaranteed).

Matthew Crawford

Political, Damage, West

Matthew B. Crawford (2009). “Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work”, p.146, Penguin

What sort of personality does one need to have, as a twenty-first-century mechanic, to tolerate the layers of electronic bullshit that get piled on top of machines?

Matthew Crawford

Bullshit, Personality, Firsts

Matthew Crawford (2010). “The Case for Working with Your Hands: Or Why Office Work is Bad for Us and Fixing Things Feels Good”, p.12, Penguin UK