"Faith is a padlock of the mind, and few keys can open it."

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Source : "Don McLeroy Leaves Creationist Comment: Evolution Can’t Explain 'Biochemical Complexity'". "Why Evolution is True" blog by Jerry Coyne, whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com. January 30, 2013.

Jerry A. Coyne

#Keys Quotes #Mind Quotes #Padlocks Quotes

“[Adolf Hitler] tried to make people feel at ease, he made that effort.”
“You're going to run into a great deal of opinions. I think that's just fertile ground for us. What else would you want to write a show about than something that is that much of a pressure cooker, that has that much influence and impact? We're going to run into a lot of different opinions, but it's inspiring to me that newsmen and newswomen have reached out and said how thrilled they are with what we're doing.”
“Going for refuge to Buddha,Dharma, and Sangha means that we apply effort to receiving Buddha's blessings, to putting Dharma into practice, and to receiving help from Sangha.”
“If golf wasn't enjoyable and there wasn't a lot of humor and enjoyment, even though the game is so frustrating, you would wonder why you put yourself through it.”
“The average person is gregarious; there is something in the spirit of the crowd that adds to the enjoyment of entertainment.”
“I admire the world of the books and the characters that she's created, but I'm not an addict of Harry Potter. I don't feel possessive about it.”
“In a dream world, I would love to be a master pastry chef, because it combines something I love doing baking with something I'm not good at doing baking. BUT! Practically, if I weren't writing and doing comedy things, I'd like to teach kids to read. I would be good at that in real life.”
“Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of the state is for the public good; no greater crime against the public interest is possible than to show leniency to those who violate it.”

Source : "Champlain's Dream: The European Founding of North America". Book by David Hackett Fischer, 2008.

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