"Be sceptical, ask questions, demand proof. Demand evidence. Don't take anything for granted. But here's the thing: When you get proof, you need to accept the proof. And we're not that good at doing that."

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Source : "The danger of science denial" by Michael Specter, www.theguardian.com. May 19, 2011.

Michael Specter

#Needs Quotes #Demand Quotes #Granted Quotes

“That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.”
“We are so presumptuous that we wish to be known to all the world, even to those who come after us; and we are so vain that the esteem of five or six persons immediately around us is enough to amuse and satisfy us.”
“I really like my doctors. Some of them I love. I trust them.”

Source : "Dr. Drew" with Ryan Smith, www.cnn.com. November 3, 2011.
“Since the age of six I have had the habit of sketching forms of objects. Although from about fifty I have often published my pictorial works, before the seventieth year none is worthy.”

Source : Hokusai Katsushika, Kojiro Tomita (1957). “Day and Night in the Four Seasons: Sketches by Hokusai, 1760-1849”
“At first, I didn't really care if global warming existed. But then I realized it means that less bums would freeze to death in the winter”
“When I was young, I kept a diary for about 10 years and I had to write in it every day. Even on days when nothing seemed to happen, I made myself think of something to put in it.”
“I think all Americans need to recognize that, as tragic and horrible as slavery was, as big an economic shadow as it cast, the one thing it didn't do was strip people of their humanity. And I wish that all of us were as strong as the people that walked down those steps and got on those boats.”
“I have no illusions. Of course, Russia is massively upgrading its military. We know that Russia is pursuing a policy of expansion. This is of course a cause for concern among Eastern European countries.”

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