"Religion is a feature of cultural evolution that, among other things, addresses anxieties created by cultural evolution; it helps keep social change safe from itself."

-- Robert Wright

#Anxiety Quotes #Addresses Quotes #Safe Quotes

“What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie? I, who was born in a naked land and bred in the open sky. The subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing; Rush in and die, dogsâ€”I was a man before I was a king.”

Source : Robert E. Howard (2015). “The Start Conan the Barbarian Super Pack”, p.43, Simon and Schuster
“We were certainly worried about the deployment of chemical weapons across Syria by all parties, frankly, by the Islamic State as well. So it was a concern.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“I think it's an enormous blessing to be the child of an immigrant who fled oppression, because you realize how fragile liberty is and how easily it can be taken away.”
“We leave traces of ourselves wherever we go, on whatever we touch.”

Source : Lewis Thomas (1990). “A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays”
“Women alone always order sole. It means something.”
“She sticks her tongue out at me and crosses her eyes. Not sure why that made me want to do her in the backseat, but to each his own, I guess.”
“The arrival of Ade Akinbiyi gave everyone a lift. He's a natural born goalscorer.”
“The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money.”

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