"A complex society is not necessarily more advanced than a simple one; it has just adapted to conditions in a more complicated way."

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Source : Peter Farb (1968). “Man's Rise to Civilization as Shown by the Indians of North America from Primeval Times to the Coming of the Industrial State”

Peter Farb

#Simple Quotes #Society Quotes #Way Quotes

“I called it Kinkoâ€™s because of my nickname â€” because I had this really kinky hair. If you think about it, the first thing a baby learns is â€˜Googoo, gaga,â€™ and if you think of good businesses like Kodak, Xerox, Google, people remember consonants â€” which was why Kinkoâ€™s was a good name. But really I had this big head of curly hair and before being called â€˜Kinkoâ€™ I was â€˜Pube Head.â€™ So I thought Kinkoâ€™s was better than Puboâ€™s.”
“We think so because all other people think so; Or because-or because-after all, we do think so; Or because we were told so, and think we must think so; Or because we once thought so, and think we still think so; Or because, having thought so, we think we will think so.”
“Preconceived ideas can sometimes become barriers.”
“The Son of God came to seek us where we are in order that he might bring us to be with him where he is,”
“I have a controversial opinion about evil, because I don't believe evil exists. I believe that actions are dark and destructive but I don't believe evil is a thing. I believe it's a by-product of man's fear and desperation.”
“He was a god of rock. He nearly solved all the world's problems with nothing but power chords and anguished cries into a microphone.”
“There are really exciting things happening in genetic and neurobiology right now, and really looking at the ways in which different not just illnesses, but social conditions and social pressures can actually lead to actual brain changes.”

Source : Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.
“By reason of its soporigous quality, lettuce ever was, and still continues the principal foundation of the universal tribe of Sallets, which is to cool and refresh, besides its other properties... including beneficial influences on morals, temperance, and chastity.”

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