"The plural of anecdote is not data." — Marc Bekoff
"The plural of anecdote is not data."
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23 Quotes by Marc Bekoff
Marc Bekoff has 23 quotes on this site.
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Animals are not property or "things" but rather living organisms, subjects of a life, who are worthy of our compassion,…
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Some people say they love animals and yet harm them nonetheless; I'm glad those people don't love me.
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We must remain hopeful that a universal ethic of courage, caring, sharing, respect, radical compassion, and love will make a…
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Without close and reciprocal relationships with other animal beings, we're alienated from the rich, diverse, and magnificent world in which…
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All animals, including humans, have a right to lives of dignity and respect, without forced intrusions.
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Animals are not resources or property with whom we can do what we please, their lives matter very much, and…
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Humans are a part of nature, not apart from nature.
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I would like to believe that it is, and will continue to be, human compassion for other beings that will…
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Compassion begets compassion, cruelty begets cruelty. What we give we will ultimately receive. Nonhumans help make us human. They teach…
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It's bad biology to rob nonhuman animals of their emotional lives.
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When animals express their feelings they pour out like water from a spout. Animals' emotions are raw, unfiltered, and uncontrolled.…
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Lacking a shared language, emotions are perhaps our most effective means of cross-species communication. We can share our emotions, we…
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More Anecdote Quotes
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one of 37 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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One good anecdote is worth a volume of biography.
— William Ellery Channing
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If some good evidence for life after death were announced, I'd be eager to examine it; but it would have…
— Carl Sagan
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Anecdote: It is by no means self-evident that human beings are most real when most violently excited; violent physical passions…
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
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Anecdote: Greatness Means Leading the Way. No stream is large and copious of itself, but becomes great by receiving and…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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People meeting for the first time suddenly relax if they find they both have cats. And plunge into anecdote.
— Charlotte Gray
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Anecdote: In a controversial way, Comedian and actor Bill Cosby sought to teach his son the pain of being lied…
— Bill Cosby
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History, if viewed as a repository for more than anecdote or chronology, could produce a decisive transformation in the image…
— Thomas Kuhn
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During a frustrating argument with a Roman Catholic cardinal, Napoleon Bonaparte supposedly burst out: Your eminence, are you not aware…
— Ross Douthat
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Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit,
— Mark Rothko
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An anecdote is related of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper (1621-1683), who, in speaking of religion, said, "People differ in their…
— Gilbert Burnet
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You must get beyond divertissement, sketch, anecdote, the interesting moment. You must get to the mystery of human personality. What…
— John L'Heureux
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Sometimes I get the start of a story from a memory, an anecdote, but that gets lost and is usually…
— Alice Munro
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