Who wins a... competition [between two traits] is massively context sensitive. — Jerry Fodor Copy Share Image
Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me. — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
In every story I have heard, good teachers share one trait: a strong sense of personal identity infuses their work. — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
Live and let live, believe and let believe. 'Twas said the lesser gods were only traits Of the one awful God. Just… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
I suppose I have very undesirable traits. I am very critical, which is very undesirable. But it is good from a business… — John Caudwell Copy Share Image
If the organisms in a species now have trait T, and this trait now helps those organisms to survive and reproduce because… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
The basic formulation, or bare-bones mechanics, of natural selection is a disarmingly simple argument, based on three undeniable facts (overproduction of offspring,… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
A way of life can be shared among individuals of different ages, status, and social activity. It can yield intense relations not… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
It's very important when making a friend to check and see if they have a private plane. People think a good personality… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
[On gay ban in the military:] Heroism, I believe, is a trait that does not know race, color, creed, sex, or sexual… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
Most women would say they relate to 'Hedda Gabler' - there's a part of her in them. Ibsen was writing about a… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
If we go too far down the road of choosing the genetic traits of children, my worry is that parenting will be… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
Learn obedience first. Among these Western nations, with such a high spirit of independence, the spirit of obedience is equally strong. We… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The ability to bounce back after a setback is the single most important trait an entrepreneurial venture can possess. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Though we think intrinsic desires tend to be pretty stable, we do not think they imply anything like the amount of predictability… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the… — Floyd Abrams Copy Share Image
People with what we call mental illness can indeed serve well, and people who have no discernible mental illness - and that… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
Studying music encourages self-discipline and diligence, traits that carry over into intellectual pursuits and that lead to effective study and work habits.… — Michael E. DeBakey Copy Share Image
Creative people like to think in unconventional ways, dislike rules, are easily bored, are independent, like to experiment, and enjoy being their… — Duncan Long Copy Share Image
Another way to test hypotheses about adaptation is to consider trait variation across a group of species instead of focusing on the… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
There are certain narrow, umimaginative, and autocratic old people who seem to call out the most mischievous and sometimes the worst traits… — Kate Douglas Wiggin Copy Share Image
Anti-social behavior is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists. — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Why would so many risk their reputations, families, careers—even presidential legacies—for something that runs against human nature? Were monogamy an ancient, evolved… — Christopher Ryan Copy Share Image
About the book of Job: If it were today, God might be asking "How does DNA carry traits? How are instincts passed… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
nerve, not talent, is the one necessary and sufficient trait for success. (Wouldn't it be ideal if it were talent? But talent… — Lynda Obst Copy Share Image
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