"If an instrument similar to a geiger-counter could be invented that counted moral judgements instead, we would learn to duck as people became increasingly 'moral', since lethal force is usually imminent. So far from moral fervour being an alternative to force, it is frequently the overture, the accompaniment and the memorial to it."

-- Charles Hampden-Turner

#Moral Judgement Quotes #Ducks Quotes #People Quotes

“An absolute and unlimited right over any object of property would be the right to commit nearly every crime.If Ihad sucha right over thestick Iamaboutto cut, I might employ it as a mace to knock down the passengers, or I might convert it into a sceptre as an emblem of royalty, or into an idol to offend the national religion.”
“When an actor marries an actress they both fight for the mirror.”
“Like us many have spoken over this spring, but they were gone in the twinkling of an eye. We conquered the world with bravery and might, but we did not take it with us to the grave.”

Source : Babur (Emperor of Hindustan), Wheeler McIntosh Thackston (2002). “The Baburnama: memoirs of Babur, prince and emperor”, Modern Library
“My stage name has always been 'Armin van Buuren.' When I really started DJ'ing professionally, I already had a few U.K. hits under my belt under the name 'Armin', so I couldn't really change that anymore.”
“... we all know the wag's definition of a philanthropist: a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance.”
“People argue themselves out of their pleasures”
“Thatâ€™s what happens to friends, eventually. They leave you. Itâ€™s practically what theyâ€™re for.”
“I was an adjunct. I never got tenure, never had it. I was a professor, though. But I never got tenure. I never really wanted tenure, to tell you the truth. Really wasn't - the guys who got - the tenured people were some of, like, the least interesting. And they were people I didn't really like very much anyway.”

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