"The sermon was based on what he claimed was a well-known fact, that there were no Atheists in foxholes. I asked Jack what he thought of the sermon afterwards, and he said, "There's a Chaplain who never visited the front."

-- Kurt Vonnegut

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“That part of the Englishman's nature which has found gratification in religion is now drifting into political life.”

Source : Beatrice Webb, Beatrice Potter Webb (1979). “My Apprenticeship”, p.163, Cambridge University Press
“One of the principal objects of theoretical research in my department of knowledge is to find the point of view from which the subject appears in its greatest simplicity.”
“I remember my dad, who coached football, would buy some of his players football shoes when they couldn't afford it.”

Source : "'New moon' Werewolf Chaske Spencer is looking good - with or without his shirt off" by Larry Carroll, www.mtv.com. August 19, 2009.
“Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose... one of the great problems of history is that the concepts of love and power have usually been contrasted as opposites --- polar opposites --- so that love is identified with a resignation of power, and power with a denial of love... What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.”
“I make too much money to play a game I love to ever feel sorry for myself.”
“...Human thought has no limit. At its risk and peril, it analyzes and dissects its own fascination. We could almost say that, by a sort of splendid reaction, it fascinates nature; the mysterious world surrounding us returns what it receives; it is likely that contemplators are contemplated.”
“I focus on the most important form of innumeracy in everyday life, statistical innumeracy--that is, the inability to reason about uncertainties and risk.”

Source : Gerd Gigerenzer (2015). “Calculated Risks: How to Know When Numbers Deceive You”, p.24, Simon and Schuster
“I think more about the family now. That's an interesting progression for me.”

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