"It seemed that the time would come evolutionarily when humans might have acquired enough knowledge of generalized principles to permit a graduation from class-two (entropically selfish) evolution into class-one (syntropically cooperative) evolution, thereafter making all the right moves for all the right reasons."

-- R. Buckminster Fuller

#Selfish Quotes #Moving Quotes #Class Quotes

“No one has the right to not assume that the business cycle will turn! Every five years or so, you have got to assume that something bad will happen.”
“Yeah Jesus could turn water in to wine, but he didn't share. Douche.”
“Human morality is unthinkable without empathy.”

Source : "Science overturns view of humans as naturally 'nasty'". phys.org. February 20, 2012.
“Never use an adverb to modify the verb 'said' . . . he admonished gravely. To use an adverb this way (or almost any way) is a mortal sin. The writer is now exposing himself in earnest, using a word that distracts and can interrupt the rhythm of the exchange.”
“And I don't have any specific steps to take because I don't start the same way every time. But there is a knowing when it's enough and you can leave it alone.”

Source : "Setting a Good Corner". The ART21 Interview, art21.org. September 2001.
“Who apart from ourselves, can see any difference between our victories and our defeats?”

Source : Christopher Fry (2007). “Plays Three”, Oberon Books Limited
“Everyone's entitled to express their political beliefs. I don't presume to tell anybody who to vote for. I am comfortable telling people what my opinions are.”
“A man convicted of murder is twenty times more likely than a woman convicted of murder to receive the death penalty... Since the 1976 reinstatement of the death penalty, 120 men and only 1 woman have actually been executed. The woman, from North Carolina, said she preferred to be executed... In North Carolina, a man who commits second-degree murder receives a sentence on average of 12.6 years longer than a woman who commits second-degree murder.”

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