Plausibly Quotes
13 quotes by 13 authors
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The chief reason warfare is still with us is neither a secret death-wish of the human species, nor an irrepressible instinct of aggression, nor, finally…
— Hannah Arendt
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If we compare a severely defective human infant with a nonhuman animal, a dog or a pig, for example, we will often find the nonhuman…
— Peter Singer
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The Jews could be put down very plausibly as the most unpleasant race ever heard of. As commonly encountered they lack any of the qualities…
— H. L. Mencken
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Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of morality.
— Thomas Jefferson
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It could plausibly be argued that far from Christian theology having hampered the study of nature for fifteen hundred years, it was Greek corruptions of…
— Mary Hesse
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Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained.
— Aaron Burr
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The highest compliment I can give a science fiction book is that it's 'plausibly surreal' - it manages to feel like a relentless extrapolation from…
— Jamais Cascio
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Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.
— Sam Harris
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Democrats believe, plausibly, that middle-class entitlements are instantly addictive and, because there is no known detoxification, that class, when facing future choices between trimming entitlements…
— George Will
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It is unlikely that many people will take to heart the conclusion that coming into existence is always a harm. It is even less likely…
— David Benatar
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Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.
— Jean Cocteau
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Most dystopian, classic and contemporary, paints a future world that puts a twist on present society - a future world that could plausibly happen.
— Lauren DeStefano
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Research into manned spaceflight is shifting from low-Earth orbit to destinations much further away, like Mars and the asteroid belt. But society will have to…
— Andy Weir
Who Wrote These Plausibly Quotes
13 authors contributed a total of 13 Plausibly Quotes as follows: