"In the long run I certainly hope information……" — Daniel Dennett
"In the long run I certainly hope information is the cure for fanaticism, but I am afraid information is more the cause than the cure."
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101 Quotes by Daniel Dennett
Daniel Dennett has 101 quotes on this site.
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True, you don't have to be religious to be crazy, but it helps.
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I look around the world and see so many wonderful things that I love and enjoy and benefit from, whether…
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A scholar is just a library's way of making another library.
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Human consciousness is just about the last surviving mystery.
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There are no forces on this planet more dangerous to all of us than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism.
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True, you don't have to be religious to be crazy, but it helps. Indeed, if you are religious, you don't…
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The idea that God is a worthy recipient of our gratitude for the blessings of life but should not be…
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There's no polite way to say to somebody (religious followers) 'Do you realize you've wasted your life?
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Let me lay my cards on the table. If I were to give an award for the single best idea…
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Cults and prophets proclaiming the imminent end of the world have been with us for several millenia, and it has…
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The only answer to the endless chains of why, why, why is that the alternatives died
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In order to make a perfect and beautiful machine, it is not requisite to know how to make it. All…
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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.
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I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.
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I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different…
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most…
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I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm…
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Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck…
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Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.
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I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't…
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As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.
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I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.
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