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Them Quotes by Steven Pinker
- As technology accumulates and people in more parts of the planet become interdependent, the hatred between them tends to decrease, for the simple reason that…
- In fact, without a specification of a creature's goals, the very idea of intelligence is meaningless. A toadstool could be given a genius award for…
- Jews are known for many things, but strength, swiftness, and agility are not among them. There is one trait, as controversial as it is familiar,…
- In societies no less than individuals, acknowledging our limitations may ultimately be more humane than denying them.
- Broadly speaking, the Southern and Western desert and mountain states will vote for the candidate who endorses an aggressive military, a role for religion in…
- For one thing, before the 20th century, there were plenty of genocides. We tend to forget about them, partly because they weren't as well documented…
- If you aren't just brought up in your tribe but interact with other people either directly or vicariously, through journalism and literature, you see what…
- Obviously no language is innate. Take any kid from any race, bring them up in any culture and they will learn the language equally quickly.…
- Plants can't very well defend themselves by their behavior, so they resort to chemical warfare, and plants are saturated with toxins and irritants to deter…
- Terrorist bombings, like rampage shootings, are events that maximize the amount of publicity per amount of damage. That's why people do them, because they know…
- The more you think about and interact with other people, the more you realize that it is untenable to privilege your interests over theirs, at…
- The human moral sense can excuse any atrocity in the minds of those who commit it, and it furnishes them with motives for acts of…
- We know about every massacre that has taken place close to the present, but the ones in the distant past are like trees falling in…
More Them Quotes
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle