"Isaac Asimov's remark about the infantilism of pseudoscience is just as applicable to religion: 'Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket, a thumb to suck, a skirt to hold.' It is astonishing, moreover, how many people are unable to understand that 'X is comforting' does not imply 'X is true'."

-- Richard Dawkins

#People Quotes #Comforting Quotes #Pseudoscience Quotes

“I haven't yelled at anybody today. It's been a slow day.”
“I know a little bit about deaf culture because a friend of mine has been in the deaf culture for awhile. Over the course of 25 years, she and I have talked about many of the issues and concerns for deaf people and deaf culture.”
“I come from a place that likes grandeur; it likes large gestures; it is not inhibited by flourish; it is a rhetorical society; it is a society of physical performance; it is a society of style.”

Source : "Interview with Ed Hirsch". "Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews, Eighth Series", 1986.
“Cowardice is how you decide to be in real life”
“My mind was, as it were, strongly impregnated with the Johnsonian ether.”
“Today is a most unusual day, because we have never lived it before; we will never live it again; it is the only day we have.”
“Be blind. Be stupid. Be British. Be careful.”
“Have you ever stopped to think what fun this business of living can be? If you haven't, and if you are one of those who insist upon believing that life is humdrum, grim and boring, then I'm afraid this department is not for you. For I don't believe any such thing. I know that we can all free ourselves and live our lives fully, zestfully and joyfully!”

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