Quote collection
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"We can't all be Einstein (because we don't all play the violin). At the very least, we need a sort of street-smart science: the ability to recognize evidence, gather it, assess it, and act on it."
"Now, there are two ways to approach a subject that frightens you and makes you feel stupid: you can embrace it with humility and an open mind, or you can ridicule it mercilessly."
"In New York City, one suicide in ten is attributed to a lack of storage space."
"Perhaps all human progress stems from the tension between two basic drives: to have just what everyone else has and to have what no one has."
"Try saying this: 'What's true for me today is that I have angry feelings concerning what I heard you say when you said what you said. It reminds me of what my mother said when she said what she said, and that hurts me so that's where I'm at with this, and it's not all right with me for today.' This should help to avoid a lot of communication problems."
"If god had meant us to use the metric system he would have given us ten finger and ten toes."