Michael Shermer Quotes

Scientists are skeptics. It's unfortunate that the word 'skeptic' has taken on other connotations in the culture involving nihilism and cynicism. Really, in its pure and original meaning, it's just thoughtful inquiry.

Michael Shermer

Recitation: by Male by Female

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

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General Petraeus is not a miracle worker. He can not be successful unless the president creates greater confidence within his own team about the decisions which the president has himself made.

Jim Talent

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Both of my parents got to see me host Carson, thank God. That's all anyone wants: to have their parents see they're going to be all right in life.

Joan Rivers

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I'm not here trying to convince anybody to vote for Donald Trump. I think every Christian needs to make up his own mind about this issue.

Robert Jeffress

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For me, it was a big challenge in playing an android that was almost human.

Michael Ealy

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First I made a dress because I was pregnant and I wanted to be the most beautiful pregnant woman. Then I made a sweater because I wanted to have one that wasn't like anyone else's.

Sonia Rykiel

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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.

Toni Morrison

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My father was a religious leader in the community, and my sister is a pastor.

Roger Ross Williams

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For-profit does not belong in a taxpayer-funded health system. For-profit means cutting medical services to patients, and payments to providers, to preserve profits.

Mimi Kennedy

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These fellows in our league lie too much about their ages.

Jud Wilson

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Novelists can ask - they can ask for anything - but their books are their answers in advance.

Joshua Cohen

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On one hand, to be able to go from one direction in the sky to study such an object to another direction to study another object, and on the other hand to be able to maintain accurately the position in space.

Claude Nicollier

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I understand and get when kids and teenagers feel like they're alone and it's not going to get better. My advice is that there is a support system out there, there are a lot of people who have been through what you're going through and are going through it now.

Brittany Snow

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