Far Quote by Steven Pinker Download Open image “Pre-state societies were far more violent than our own.” — Steven Pinker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Far More Own States Than Violent
“States are far less violent than traditional bands and tribes. Modern Western countries, even in their most war-torn centuries, suffered no more than around… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
In sum, U.S. history is no more violent and oppressive than the history of England, Russia, Indonesia, or Burundi - but neither is it… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
We're the most violent nation on earth. There's no getting away from that. But you've got to look at it on a broader level. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
Probably all cultures, certainly Western culture, always have been violent. — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
America is much less violent than it was 20, 30 years ago, and immigration is much less a problem than it was not just… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our society has gotten to the point where we might soon become less and less shocked by any kind of violence. — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
Yes, violence begets more violence, but historically this has been the way of the world. — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
The violent have been victorious for most of history because they kindled the fear with which everyone is born. — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
Forcing modern speakers of English to not - whoops, not to split an infinitive because it isn't done in Latin makes about as much… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Consistent style prevents presentation from getting in the way of content. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
The supposedly immaterial soul, we now know, can be bisected with a knife, altered by chemicals, started or stopped by electricity, and extinguished by… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I've never argued that humans are massively hot-wired. What I was trying to point out was that you can't understand how we learn unless… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
As many political writers have pointed out, commitment to political equality is not an empirical claim that people are clones. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Since violence is largely a male pastime, cultures that empower women tend to move away from the glorification of violence and are less likely… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
When it comes to explaining human thought and behavior, the possibility that heredity plays any role at all still has the power to shock.… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Morality is not just any old topic in psychology but close to our conception of the meaning of life. Moral goodness is what gives… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“The biblical story of the binding of Isaac shows that human sacrifice was far from unthinkable in the 1st millennium BCE. The Israelites boasted… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Part of the bargain of being alive is that one takes a chance at dying a premature or painful death, be it from violence,… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
In fact, without a specification of a creature's goals, the very idea of intelligence is meaningless. A toadstool could be given a genius award… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“The obvious cure for the tragic shortcomings of human intuition in a high-tech world is education. And this offers priorities for educational policy: to… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
It is no secret that I have read 'The Da Vinci Code' several times. I genuinely believe that 'The Da Vinci Code' and 'Angels… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
The foundations of our lives are far more fragile than we think. So we are severely shaken when life turns out to have a… — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
The federal prison population increased by almost 800 percent between 1980 and 2013, often at a far faster rate than the Bureau of Prisons… — Sally Yates Copy Share Image
Talking to my trainer Eric Turner like my second or third amateur fight, I'm like how far can I make it? He said you… — Ovince Saint Preux Copy Share Image
Maybe there's some kind of modeling that can be tedious, like catalogue modeling, but there's a kind of modeling, with runways or working with… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
I have two or three shows that I follow, and even those are few and far, when I can see them on Netflix. I… — Alan Ritchson Copy Share Image
I've never been far from the river. I'm sort of like a Thames-nymph. — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
Things that appear on the front page of the newspaper as 'fact' are far more dangerous than the games played by a novelist, and… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
My first album, 'Get Lifted,' was a hip-hop soul album that had some of its roots in the church, as far as the sonic… — John Legend Copy Share Image
