"We often attribute 'understanding' and other cognitive predicates by metaphor and analogy to cars, adding machines, and other artifacts, but nothing is proved by such attributions."

-- John Searle

#Car Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Machines Quotes

“He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger.”
“There may be some sins of which a man cannot speak, but there is no sin which the blood of Christ cannot wash away.”
“We are stronger together than we are alone.”
“Commerce is the life blood of the City. If we are not careful, government will become the cancer.”
“All truths wait in all things.”
“If you think back to the moments when you've gone through the most pain in your life, or the most severe anxiety, your body is very much involved in that. Your body is expressing those emotions. So, when we, as actors, try to access those feelings, the body is a great tool to use.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Asking about a time before the beginning of our spherical spacetime is like asking what lies north of the North Pole. There is no such thing.”

Source : Taner Edis (2002). “The Ghost in the Universe: God in Light of Modern Science”, Pyr Books
“I realized that a tree never says, "I have too many branches." It simply digs deeper roots, expands itself to catch more light, and extends itself in multiple directions so as not to be unevenly weighted.”

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