"Through no divine design or cosmic plan, we……" — Michael Shermer
"Through no divine design or cosmic plan, we have inherited the mantle of life's caretaker on the earth, the only home we have ever known."
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97 Quotes by Michael Shermer
Michael Shermer has 97 quotes on this site.
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The whole point of faith, in fact, is to believe regardless of the evidence, which is the very antithesis of…
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People believe in God because we are pattern-seeking, storytelling, mythmaking, religious, moral animals.
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Play hard, work hard, love hard. . . .The bottom line for me is to live life to the fullest…
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As Karl Marx once noted: 'Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice.…
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Science is a set of methods designed to describe and interpret observed or inferred phenomenon, past or present, and aimed…
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Remember always that we are pattern-seeking primates who are especially adept at finding patterns with emotional meaning.
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The concept of God is generated by a brain designed by evolution to find design in nature (a very recursive…
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Believing that the rustle in the grass is a dangerous predator when it is only the wind does not cost…
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Scientists like Bjorn Lomborg in The Skeptical Environmentalist have, in my opinion, properly nailed environmental extremists for these exaggerated scenarios.
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Because of the complexity of the problem, environmental skepticism was once tenable. No longer. It is time to flip from…
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Rationality tied to moral decency is the most powerful joint instrument for good that our planet has ever known.
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The actual atoms and molecules that make up my brain and body today are not the same ones that I…
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More Caretaker Quotes
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Every step we take towards making the State our Caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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If you're a caretaker, who are you when there's no one else to take care of?
— Mary McCormack
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It is the first time the burglar has been appointed as caretaker.
— Gough Whitlam
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You must be kind to others. You must foster a caretaker personality of gentleness and perseverance, even in the midst…
— Frederick Lenz
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I didn't run for mayor to be the caretaker of the status quo.
— Michael Nutter
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We stand up and proudly proclaim that Washington is not our caretaker and we reject a state, in Margaret Thatcher's…
— Rick Perry
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I don't hide my feelings, but when it comes to illness, I guess I don't panic. My father was the…
— Curt Schilling
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I've always been a caretaker; I think a lot of women are. We take care of everybody else first, and…
— Jada Pinkett Smith
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Sometimes I feel like a caretaker of a museum -- a huge, empty museum where no one ever comes, and…
— Haruki Murakami
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The things a man sees when he ain't got a gun.--Watson the Caretaker
— Stephen King
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The irresponsible mother helped explain bella's maturity. She'd had to grow up early, to become the caretaker. That's why she…
— Stephenie Meyer
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Being a caretaker is, and never will be, an easy job; in fact, it is that hardest job in the…
— Jenna Morasca
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