"Human consensus does not generate reality. Were it able to do so, the Sun would have taken to orbiting the Earth some time ago."

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Source : "A Setback to the Dialogue: Response to Huston Smith". Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science, Vol. 36, Issue 2, p. 201, June 2001.

Ursula Goodenough

#Taken Quotes #Reality Quotes #Earth Quotes

“The world is governed by opinion.”
“History is not the accumulation of events of every kind which happened in the past. It is the science of human societies.”
“You can't control some things in football, but you can control how we view things and how we work.”

Source : Source: www.nfl.com
“If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.”

Source : Holly Black (2012). “Tithe”, p.91, Simon and Schuster
“Art shows us that human beings still matter in a world where money talks the loudest, where computers know everything about us, and where robots fabricate our next meal and also our ride there.”
“The unmarried woman seldom escapes a widowhood of the spirit. There is sure to be some one, parent, brother, sister, friend, more comfortable to her than the day, with whom her life is so entwined that the wrench of parting leaves a torn void never entirely healed or filled.”

Source : Charlotte Mary Yonge (2015). “Delphi Complete Novels of Charlotte Mary Yonge (Illustrated)”, p.8801, Delphi Classics
“In 1993 my birthday present was a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.”
“The federal sentencing guidelines should be revised downward. By contrast to the guidelines, I can accept neither the necessity nor the wisdom of federal mandatory minimum sentences. In too many cases, mandatory minimum sentences are unwise and unjust.”

Source : "Rehnquist slams Congress over reducing sentencing discretion" by Bill Mears, www.cnn.com. January 1, 2004.

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