"There is a time for politeness and there……" — Daniel Dennett

"There is a time for politeness and there is a time when you are obliged to be rude,"

— Daniel Dennett

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101 Quotes by Daniel Dennett

Daniel Dennett has 101 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

True, you don't have to be religious to be crazy, but it helps.
I look around the world and see so many wonderful things that I love and enjoy and benefit from, whether…
A scholar is just a library's way of making another library.
Human consciousness is just about the last surviving mystery.
There are no forces on this planet more dangerous to all of us than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism.
True, you don't have to be religious to be crazy, but it helps. Indeed, if you are religious, you don't…
The idea that God is a worthy recipient of our gratitude for the blessings of life but should not be…
There's no polite way to say to somebody (religious followers) 'Do you realize you've wasted your life?
Let me lay my cards on the table. If I were to give an award for the single best idea…
Cults and prophets proclaiming the imminent end of the world have been with us for several millenia, and it has…
The only answer to the endless chains of why, why, why is that the alternatives died
In order to make a perfect and beautiful machine, it is not requisite to know how to make it. All…

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More Inspirational Quotes

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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