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> [If I do get a handgun, I can take it to the sheriff's department, and in about as much time as it would take me to order a value meal at Wendy's, they will give me a concealed-carry license. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-gottschall/if-i-do-get-a-handgun-i-can-take-it-to-the-sheriff-s-department-and/)

[Jonathan Gottschall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-gottschall/)

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## More by Jonathan Gottschall

> [I think what bothers us about fighting sports isn't the damage to the athlete but the fact that you win by doing more harm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-gottschall/i-think-what-bothers-us-about-fighting-sports-isn-t-the-damage-to-the/)

[Jonathan Gottschall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-gottschall/)

> [If someone breaks into your home when you're there - that is, they don't wait to be sure that the house is empty -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-gottschall/if-someone-breaks-into-your-home-when-you-re-there-that-is-they-don-t/)

[Jonathan Gottschall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-gottschall/)

> [Part of why I was attracted to the idea of owning a gun was self-defense, and part of it was that I've been fascinated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-gottschall/part-of-why-i-was-attracted-to-the-idea-of-owning-a-gun-was-self/)

[Jonathan Gottschall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-gottschall/)

> [Human minds yield helplessly to the suction of story. No matter how hard we concentrate, no matter how deep we dig in our heels,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-gottschall/human-minds-yield-helplessly-to-the-suction-of-story-no-matter-how/)

[Jonathan Gottschall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-gottschall/)

> [“As the video game designer and writer James Wallis puts it, “Human beings like stories. Our brains have a natural affinity not only for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-gottschall/as-the-video-game-designer-and-writer-james-wallis-puts-it-human/)

[Jonathan Gottschall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-gottschall/)

> [In an effort to civilize combat sports, authorities mandated padded gloves and instantly made the sports far more savage. Granted, putting gloves on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-gottschall/in-an-effort-to-civilize-combat-sports-authorities-mandated-padded/)

[Jonathan Gottschall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-gottschall/)

> [People like head trauma. They love knockouts. The crowd is silent, silent, silent... and then a knockout happens, and everyone goes native. There would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-gottschall/people-like-head-trauma-they-love-knockouts-the-crowd-is-silent/)

[Jonathan Gottschall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-gottschall/)

> [Fiction seems to be more effective at changing beliefs than nonfiction, which is designed to persuade through argument and evidence. Studies show that when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-gottschall/fiction-seems-to-be-more-effective-at-changing-beliefs-than/)

[Jonathan Gottschall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-gottschall/)

> [We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-gottschall/we-are-as-a-species-addicted-to-story-even-when-the-body-goes-to/)

[Jonathan Gottschall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-gottschall/)

> [Getting punched in the face with a padded glove doesn't really hurt your face. It doesn't hurt your skull. The only thing it hurts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-gottschall/getting-punched-in-the-face-with-a-padded-glove-doesn-t-really-hurt/)

[Jonathan Gottschall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-gottschall/)

> [Story is where people go to practice the key skills of human social life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-gottschall/story-is-where-people-go-to-practice-the-key-skills-of-human-social/)

[Jonathan Gottschall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-gottschall/)

> [The brain stays up all night telling stories while we sleep. We just call them dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-gottschall/the-brain-stays-up-all-night-telling-stories-while-we-sleep-we-just/)

[Jonathan Gottschall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-gottschall/)

> [“Commentators frequently blame MMORPGs for an increasing sense of isolation in modern life. But virtual worlds are less a cause of that isolation than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-gottschall/commentators-frequently-blame-mmorpgs-for-an-increasing-sense-of/)

[Jonathan Gottschall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-gottschall/)

> [“Conspiracy theories—feverishly creative, lovingly plotted—are in fact fictional stories that some people believe. Conspiracy theorists connect real data points and imagined data points into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-gottschall/conspiracy-theories-feverishly-creative-lovingly-plotted-are-in-fact/)

[Jonathan Gottschall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-gottschall/)

> [I watch fights and I often feel morally compromised by it. I feel like I'm morally culpable for what's occurring because I'm the spectator…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-gottschall/i-watch-fights-and-i-often-feel-morally-compromised-by-it-i-feel-like/)

[Jonathan Gottschall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-gottschall/)

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