Full Idea
The incremental progress which I envisage for philosophy lacks the drama after which some philosophers still hanker, and that hankering is itself a symptom of the intellectual immaturity that helps hold philosophy back.
Gist of Idea
Progress in philosophy is incremental, not an immature seeking after drama
Source
Timothy Williamson (The Philosophy of Philosophy [2007], Intro)
Book Reference
Williamson,Timothy: 'The Philosophy of Philosophy' [Blackwell 2007], p.8
A Reaction
This could stand as a motto for the whole current profession of analytical philosophy. It means that if anyone attempts to be dramatic they can make their own way out. They'll find Kripke out there, smoking behind the dustbins.