Michael Shermer Quotes

Mysteries once thought to be supernatural or paranormal happenings - such as astronomical or meteorological events - are incorporated into science once their causes are understood.

Michael Shermer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
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  • Birth: September 8, 1954

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ScienceThoughtEventsUnderstood

We are prophetic interrogators. Why are so many people hungry? Why are so many people and families in our shelters? Why do we have one of six of our children poor, and one of three of these are children of color? 'Why?' is the prophetic question.

Jim Wallis

ChildrenPeopleColorThreeWhy

Usually, nerds on TV are completely stereotypical, like Urkel, or they're not really so nerdy.

Jesse Plemons

NerdyNerdsLikeTVReally

My parents started with very little and were the only ones in their families to graduate from college. As parents, they focused on education, but did not stop at academics - they made sure that we knew music, saw art and theatre and traveled - even though it meant budgeting like crazy.

Jennifer Garner

EducationMusicArtParentsCollege

I don't think anyone can get away from high school unscathed.

Matthew Morrison

SchoolHigh SchoolThinkHighGet

The first thing I did after getting a Master's degree - and the Air Force was very kind; they let me stay on at school to get a Master's - I went to Denver for the Armed Forces Air Intelligence School, six months. Fundamentally, we had a major effort on in Southeast Asia, and this was training folks to support that effort.

Michael Hayden

IntelligenceTrainingSchoolEffort

Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.

Torquato Tasso

DoorFortuneAnyoneRarely

I try to keep a positive intention and use whatever resources I have to benefit others. I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful. I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.

Russell Simmons

PositiveThinkEnvironmentIntention

Power's not what the Constitution was about.

Roy Moore

PowerConstitutionAbout

I love tomatoes, and they're so good for you.

Mika Brzezinski

LoveGoodYouTomatoesI Love

If you're a Firefox user, you get accustomed to your history and the URL bar and finding things. That should be available on your mobile phone as well.

Mitchell Baker

HistoryFindingYouPhoneBarWell

You can' t help being a musician because you've grown up with music, yet being one means being compared to your dad and being slated for it. But I really don't have the ambitions of most people going into the industry.

Dhani Harrison

MusicPeopleHelpYouUpIndustry

When someone says, 'You can't,' what it really means is that they can't - so why should you get to?

Chris Gardner

SomeoneYouWhyGetMeansShould

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