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Thus science strips off, one after the other, the more or less gross materialisations by which we endeavour to form an objective image of the… — James Clerk Maxwell
I think if a physician wrote on a death certificate that old age was the cause of death, he'd be thrown out of the union.… — George Wald
Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money off them. — Mark Twain
In the following pages I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense; and have no other preliminaries to settle with the… — Thomas Paine
Complexes are psychic contents which are outside the control of the conscious mind. They have been split off from consciousness and lead a separate existence… — Carl Jung
Montaigne simply turns his mind loose and writes whatever he feels like writing. Mostly, he wants to say that reason is not a special, unique… — Lewis Thomas
There is more evidence to prove that saltness [of the sea] is due to the admixture of some substance, besides that which we have adduced.… — Aristotle
It's outrageous to line your pockets off the misery of the poor; It's outrageous, the crimes some human beings must endure... — Paul Simon
Sometimes the public says, 'What's in it for Numero Uno? Am I going to get better television reception? Am I going to get better Internet… — Michio Kaku
There is something about poverty that smells like death. Dead dreams dropping off the heart like leaves in a dry season and rotting around the… — Zora Neale Hurston
While Newton seemed to draw off the veil from some of the mysteries of nature, he showed at the same time the imperfections of the… — David Hume
One thing that helps is to give myself permission to write badly. I tell myself that I'm going to do my five or 10 pages… — Lawrence Block
Let him not boast who puts his armor on as he who puts it off, the battle done. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Angels never attack, as infernal spirits do. Angels only ward off and defend. — Emanuel Swedenborg
This very night I am going to leave off tobacco! Surely there must be some other world in which this unconquerable purpose shall be realised. — Charles Lamb
My last vestige of 'hands off religion' respect disappeared in the smoke and choking dust of September 11th 2001, followed by the 'National Day of… — Richard Dawkins
Let's get up off our knees, stop cringing before bogeymen and virtual fathers, face reality, and help science to do something constructive about human suffering. — Richard Dawkins
I nod to a passing stranger, and the stranger nods back, and two human beings go off, feeling a little less anonymous. — Robert Breault
Piss off Satan and don't take me for dumber than I look. — William S. Burroughs
Nothing is bigger than life. There's nothing noble in death. What's noble about never seeing the sunshine again? What's noble about having your legs and… — Dalton Trumbo

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