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...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei, out of…
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There is only one prospect worse than being chained to an intolerable existence: The nightmare of a botched attempt to end it.
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Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition. Let Othello subject Desdemona to a lie-detector test; his jealousy will…
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If the creator has a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to stick it…
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The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.
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In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mark.
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As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe. The catastrophe…
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The real achievement in discoveries ... is seeing an analogy where no one saw one before. .. The essence of discovery is…
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The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution providing a…
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In the meantime, the educated public continues to believe that Darwin has provided all the relevant answers by the magic formula of…
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When a chess player looks at the board, he does not see a static mosaic, a 'still life', but a magnetic field…
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No writer or teacher or artist can escape the responsibility of influencing others whether he intends to or not, whether he is…
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I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food…
— Brendan Behan
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It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is…
— Jacob Bronowski
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Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense.
— Mark Twain
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Irreverence ran on both sides of our family...my parents brought me up to think we could all change the world.
— Richard Branson
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True irreverence is disrespect for another man's god.
— Mark Twain
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Irreverence is a way of playing hooky and remaining present at the same time.
— Mary Ruefle
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We need to restore the spirit of irreverence in music.
— Pierre Boulez
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Irreverence is our only sacred cow.
— Paul Krassner
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Irreverence is the lifeblood of freedom.
— Simon Schama
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The more repression there is, the more need there is for irreverence toward those who are responsible for that repression. But too…
— Paul Krassner
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There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. they are taste, courage, individuality, and irreverence.
— Stan Getz
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Every act of irreverence for life, every act which neglects life, which is indifferent to and wastes life, is a step towards…
— Erich Fromm
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