"Religious reasons, which is no reason. I notice Skeptic had a review of Dennett's book, Darwin's Dangerous Idea. Religious reasons amount to what Dennett terms "skyhooks." Do you believe in skyhooks? I don't."

-- Garrett Hardin

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“I went into architecture a little as 'Peck's Bad Boy.' It allowed me to be a critic in a socially condoned way.”
“We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrariwise we find things beautiful because their novelty surprises us.”
“No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran”
“Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.”
“My youngest sister, Cindy, has Down syndrome, and I remember my mother spending hours and hours with her, teaching her to tie her shoelaces on her own, drilling multiplication tables with Cindy, practicing piano every day with her. No one expected Cindy to get a Ph.D.! But my mom wanted her to be the best she could be, within her limits.”
“I'm a big fan of 'Mad Men.'”
“I am suddenly left alone again on the sunny path, with a memory of the rain.”
“I said that I'm only there to write the truth, I'm not going to cover anything up, but I'll put everything in context and get as close to the truth of this person as I can.”

Source : Interview with Carlos J. Queirós, www.aarp.org. April 2006.

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