Steven Pinker Quotes

Human evolution, at first, seems extraordinary. How could the process that gave rise to slugs and oak trees and fish produce a creature that can fly to the moon and invent the Internet and cross the ocean in boats?

Steven Pinker

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OceanMoonFlyTreesInternetFish

One consistent thing in an otherwise inconsistent career is that I've always been passionate about parliament.

John Bercow

CareerPassionateAlwaysConsistent

Walt put everything he knew about communication with images into the park, so it was very familiar.

John Hench

CommunicationEverythingParkKnew

It is only in the light of the inescapable fact of death that a person can adequately engage and enter upon the mysterious fact of life.

John Hines

LifeLightDeathPersonMysterious

Adopting means opening your home, and heart, to a life you've never known. But there is nothing as richly rewarding as being an adoptive parent.

Michael Gove

LifeHomeHeartParentYouNothing

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

Stephen King

LaughterChairLongYouDownYour

Education is supposed to be our great equalizer, but when only half of low-income students are enrolling in college and only three tenths are graduating, you have to figure some of our children are getting a greater equalizer than others.

Chris Meledandri

EducationChildrenGreatCollegeYou

I love Tom Cruise. I've been a Tom Cruise fan for a long time.

Courtney B. Vance

LoveTimeLongLong TimeCruiseFan

The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.

Brian May

OptimismBridgeCreationEmotion

It is not really our country so much is the problem, it's sort of the parasitic relationship that Canada, and France, and other countries have towards us.

Bob Corker

RelationshipProblemCountryCanada

I am too ambitious to become a house husband.

Arjun Kapoor

I AmHusbandHouseBecomeAmbitious

When you turn professional, you become an entertainer, and like every other entertainer, you don't want to get a bad review.

Scott Hamilton

YouBadProfessionalWantBecome

There will always be people who will support us, and there will always be naysayers.

Tyler Winklevoss

SupportPeopleWillAlwaysUsWho

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