"There’s simply no polite way to tell people……" — Daniel Dennett
"There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion."
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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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We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about…
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All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the…
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You go to London, you see a TV set in every cell and the sign up that all the officers…
— Joe Arpaio
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The society in 'The Handmaid's Tale' is a throwback to the early Puritans whom I studied extensively at Harvard under…
— Margaret Atwood
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Violence ravaged my life. I was a victim of hatred, and I have dedicated my life to reversing that hatred.
— Michelle Bachelet
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Having experienced personally and through my family the tragedy of Chile is something always present in my memory. I do…
— Michelle Bachelet
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Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.
— Bob Beauprez
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I have dedicated my life to the 200m, I really love the 200m a lot.
— Usain Bolt
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Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at…
— Barbara Boxer
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How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
— William S. Burroughs
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I would have to have people totally committed to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of this United States.…
— Herman Cain
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Knowing there is a world that will outlive you, there are people whose well-being depends on how you live your…
— Steven Pinker
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