The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those… — Edward Bernays Copy Share Image
You will be surprised to learn how some very knowing people have misunderstood Plotto. On glancing at it, some of the intelligentia… — William Wallace Cook Copy Share Image
To be sure, the use of force by one party in a market transaction in order to improve his price was no… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
Black people in America have to, for their own protection, develop a defense mechanism, and I just grew terribly tired of it. — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
anyone who writes about "Darwin's theory of evolutionin the singular, without segregating the theories of gradual evolution, common descent, speciation, and the… — Ernst Mayr Copy Share Image
This is one of theprimary mechanisms whereby, if a fool says the sun is shining, we do notcorrectly discard this as irrelevant… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
Anger is a fuel. You need fuel to launch a rocket. But if all you have is fuel without any complex internal… — Stanley Bing Copy Share Image
Man is an organism, not a mechanism; and the mechanical pacing of his life does harm to his human responses, which naturally… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
I am someone who proudly and humbly affirms that love is the mystery-of-mysteries, and that nothing measurable matters 'a very good God… — e. e. cummings Copy Share Image
Relationship between human beings is based on the image-forming, defensive mechanism. In our relationships each of us builds an image about the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I gravitate toward the law, I think, certainly more times than not, because it's our best mechanism for legislating human behavior, and… — David E. Kelley Copy Share Image
Faith itself is a horrible mechanism that stunts the growth of ideas. It also stunts the act of questioning, and it does… — Joe Rogan Copy Share Image
Is the very mechanism for the universe to come into being meaningless or unworkable or both unless the universe is guaranteed to… — John P. Wheeler III Copy Share Image
Stock market corrections, although painful at the time, are actually a very healthy part of the whole mechanism, because there are always… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
The export of oil, the export of minerals, will for many decades continue to be a critical part for the growth of… — Patrice Motsepe Copy Share Image
As Stephen Jay Gould pointed out in Time, in no other Western country is the teaching of Evolution regarded as controversial. Throughout… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
