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Would Quotes by Steven Pinker
- I would argue that nothing gives life more purpose than the realization that every moment of consciousness is a precious and fragile gift.
- If anything, Powerpoint, if used well, would ideally reflect the way we think.
- 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…
- Academics lack perspective. In a debate on whether the world is round, they would argue, 'No,' because it's an oblate spheroid. They suffer from 'the…
- An eye for beauty locks onto faces that show signs of health and fertility - just as one would predict if it had evolved to…
- However much we might deplore the profit motive, or consumerist values, if everyone just wants i-Pods we would probably be better off than if they…
- There is no society ever discovered in the remotest corner of the world that has not had something that we would consider the arts. Visual…
- Words let us say the things we want to say and also things we would be better off not having said. They let us know…
- 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…
More Would Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- 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
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- I try to work on shows that I would want to watch. — J. J. Abrams
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer. — Giorgio Armani
- When it comes to the point where you occasionally look forward to being in prison on the basis that you might be… — Julian Assange