"This is one of the great social functions of science - to free people from superstition"

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Source : Freethought Today, April 2000.

Steven Weinberg

#People Quotes #Superstitions Quotes #Social Quotes

“Go back. Go back in time. Everyone's life is a chain of memories. In each chain there are shining links, happenings where this element of wonder...was very strong. Why don't you reach out and relive some of those memories? If you work at it, remembering the wonder can revive your ability to live life as it should be lived.”
“If my son wants to be a pimp when he grows up, that's fine with me. I hope he's a good one and enjoys it and doesn't get caught. I'll support him in this. But if he wants to be a network administrator, he's out of the house and not part of my family.”
“Somewhere between fear and sex passion is.”
“If you keep thinking about putting on a conference or being a Hollywood screenwriter, and you find the idea terrifies but intrigues you, it's probably a worthy endeavor for you. You grow (and thrive!) by doing what excites you and what scares you everyday, not by trying to find your passion.”
“It's fun for me to couple emotion with comedy. I think it helps comedy. I think a lot of times American comedies don't play on emotion too much.”
“Clear thought makes clear speech.”
“Perception number one, how you want people to think about you when you arrive and perception number two, how you want them to talk about you once you have left.”
“Hide the ideas, but so that people find them. The most important will be the most hidden.”

Source : Robert Bresson (2016). “Notes on the Cinematograph”, p.21, New York Review of Books

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