Dirty Quote by Richard Dawkins

Reductionism is merciless.

— Douglas Hofstadter

[R]eductionism' is one of those things, like sin, that is only mentioned by people who are against it. To call oneself a reductionist will…

— Richard Dawkins

“It is important to distinguish between reductionism as a philosophical posi- tion (or world-view) and as a methodology. Reductionism in the former sense is…

— E. Brian Davies

“Attempts to explain behavior in mechanistic terms are commonly denounced as “reductionist” or “determinist.” The denouncers rarely know exactly what they mean by those…

— Steven Pinker

False modesty is an attempt to tear yourself down. True humility focuses more on build up others.

— Tony Dungy

Modesty is the delicate form of hypocrisy.

— Remy de Gourmont

“Somewhere between the sterile, absolute, and empty formulae of reductionist, totalitarian science and the earnest, hostile, excessively certain make-believe of religious fundamentalism, there is…

— Frank Schaeffer

The revival in religion will be a rhetorical problem - new persuasive words for defaced or degraded ones.

— Thornton Wilder

Modesty makes large amends for the pain it gives those who labor under it, by the prejudice it affords every worthy person in their…

— William Shenstone

Thus Christian humanism is as indispensable to the Christian way of life as Christian ethics and a Christian sociology.

— Christopher Dawson

There is a sad forgetfulness of Christian modesty, especially in the life and dress of women.

— Alice von Hildebrand

Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.

— Eric Hoffer