"The great cognitive shift is an expansion of consciousness from the perspectival form contained in the lives of particular creatures to an objective, world-encompassing form that exists both individually and intersubjectively. It was originally a biological evolutionary process, and in our species it has become a collective cultural process as well. Each of our lives is a part of the lengthy process of the universe gradually waking up and becoming aware of itself."

-- Thomas Nagel

#Wake Up Quotes #World Quotes #Waking Quotes

“The more details we learn about the chemical basis of life and the intricacy of the genetic code, the more unbelievable the standard historical account becomes”

Source : Thomas Nagel (2012). “Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False”, p.11, Oxford University Press
“A girl is grown up when she stops counting on her fingers and starts counting on her legs.”
“Acting requires focus, too, but acting doesn't, you might say, demand focus. When you're in the ring you don't even have to think about focus because the danger is so imminent. Imminent. You train and you prepare and then the adrenaline kicks in and drives you into focusing intensely. You'd better focus, right? Or else you'll make your exit on a stretcher.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“You work hard on a book and throw it out there and then it's beyond your control.”
“The government cannot love you, and any politics that works on a different assumption is destined for no good.”

Source : Jonah Goldberg (2008). “Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning”, p.160, Crown Forum
“A movie of mine is going to be released in Japan next year. I play a waitress who's a really regular girl in this movie. The English title isn't decided yet, but in Japanese it's I'll Get on the A Train Sometime.”
“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”
“It's crucial to keep in mind that the hundreds of millions of dollars now spent on prescription drug advertisements are ultimately paid for by consumers in the form a higher drug prices.”

You may also like:

Bernard Williams
Philosopher
Daniel Dennett
Philosopher
David Chalmers
Philosopher
Derek Parfit
Philosopher
G. E. M. Anscombe
Philosopher
John Rawls
Philosopher
John Searle
Philosopher
Robert Nozick
Philosopher
Ronald Dworkin
Philosopher