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Thinking Quotes by Steven Pinker
- The fact that people can forget these simple truths when intellectualizing about children shows how far modern doctrines have taken us. They make it easy…
- Thinking is a physical process, the human brain is not exempt from evolution
- It's natural to think that living things must be the handiwork of a designer. But it was also natural to think that the sun went…
- People do not think in English or Chinese or Apache; they think in a language of thought. This language of thought probably looks a bit…
- When it comes to explaining human thought and behavior, the possibility that heredity plays any role at all still has the power to shock. To…
- I think a lot of moral debates are not over what is the basis of justice, but who gets a ticket to play in the…
- I think that a failure of statistical thinking is the major intellectual shortcoming of our universities, journalism and intellectual culture.
- In any dispute, each side thinks it's in the right and the other side is demons.
- I don't think aggression works like thirst or sleep. I think aggression is more elicited by particular situations. I think it can be mitigated.
- If anything, Powerpoint, if used well, would ideally reflect the way we think.
- Students do everything on laptops these days, so I definitely think electronic books are a trend that's going to expand.
- The rules of friendship are tacit, unconscious; they are not rational. In business, though, you have to think rationally.
- I think that communism was a major force for violence for more than 100 years, because it was built into its ideology - that progress…
- I think the reason that swearing is both so offensive and so attractive is that it is a way to push people's emotional buttons, and…
- A word is an arbitrary label - that's the foundation of linguistics. But many people think otherwise. They believe in word magic: that uttering a…
- I think students should know something about religion as a historical phenomenon, in the same way that they should know something about socialism and humanism…
- I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of…
- The reason I'm not a neurobiologist but a cognitive psychologist is that I think looking at brain tissue is often the wrong level of analysis.…
- You could think of an ecosystem as a bunch of antagonistic arms races, almost: Everything that an animal depends upon for food is the body…
- Trivers, pursuing his theory of the emotions to its logical conclusion, notes that in a world of walking lie detectors the best strategy is to…
- Some people think that evolutionary psychology claims to have discovered that human nature is selfish and wicked. But they are flattering the researchers and anyone…
- 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 more you think about and interact with other people, the more you realize that it is untenable to privilege your interests over theirs.
More Thinking Quotes
- I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. — Aaliyah
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think. — J. J. Abrams
- 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
- I don't think I have a signature. — J. J. Abrams
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- The soul never thinks without a picture. — Aristotle
- I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I… — J. J. Abrams
- I think you have a passion and an obsession for something when it's not necessarily ubiquitous. — J. J. Abrams