"A cold atheistical materialism is the tendency of the so-called material philosophy of the present day."

-- Adam Sedgwick

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“Friendship is the most pleasant of all things, and nothing more glads the heart of man.”
“I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.”
“The art of drawing conclusions from experiments and observations consists in evaluating probabilities and in estimating whether they are sufficiently great or numerous enough to constitute proofs. This kind of calculation is more complicated and more difficult than it is commonly thought to be. . . .”
“A belief in God is vitally important, not just in show business, but stability in life. You know, to recognize deity is the most important thing that you can do. I mean, it comes to the Ten Commandments. They weren't ten suggestions. They were Ten Commandments.”
“These Stepsons tread where mortals don't belong, some of us think. They seek out battle high above their station. Who knows what powers may yet take them and their mystic allies to task, bring them their comeuppance?”
“As long as I had easy access to psychedelics at the government-sponsored research project, most of my energy went into psychedelic sessions.”
“When I talk to young girls about clothes, I tell them to show a lot of brains.”
“Spare me the people who ask, 'Have you thought about ... losing weight, hiring an assistant, buying a Pentium, working with an etiquette specialist, coloring your hair?”

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