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Some Quotes by Daniel Dennett
- Cults and prophets proclaiming the imminent end of the world have been with us for several millenia, and it has been another sour sort of…
- I think religion for many people is some sort of moral viagra.
- Some of the greatest, most revolutionary advances in science have been given their initial expression in attractively modest terms, with no fanfare.
- Some cultural phenomena bear a striking resemblance to the cells of cell biology, actively preserving themselves in their social environments, finding the nutrients they need…
- You don't get to advertise all the good that your religion does without first scrupulously subtracting all the harm it does and considering seriously the…
- Isn't it true that whatever isn't determined by our genes must be determined by our environment? What else is there? There's Nature and there's Nurture.…
- Some philosophers can't bear to say simple things, like "Suppose a dog bites a man." They feel obliged instead to say, "Suppose a dog d…
- I even agree that the concept of god helps some people lead better lives. That does happen. Don't ever forget it. I just think there…
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- Nothing is more disgusting than the crowing about liberty by slaves, as most men are, and the flippant mistaking for freedom of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- All artists dream of a silence which they must enter, as some creatures return to the sea to spawn. — Iris Murdoch
- The next time someone gets in my face to fight, I'll show them pictures on my phone of an ant I once… — Nikhil Saluja
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
- My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never… — Lee Atwater
- Lao Tsu found Taoism easy to reconcile withthe world of human beings, which is interesting because with all the nature imagery, one… — Frederick Lenz