Michael Shermer Quotes

Being deeply knowledgeable on one subject narrows one's focus and increases confidence, but it also blurs dissenting views until they are no longer visible, thereby transforming data collection into bias confirmation and morphing self-deception into self-assurance.

Michael Shermer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I'd say the real turn in my career came when I did the Dolce & Gabbana International Ad Campaign playing Madonna's son, which was just an incredible experience and I still can't believe actually happened.

Max Schneider

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The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.

John Maynard Keynes

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Not long ago, I got to meet some troopers whose lives had been saved. They came with their wives, their children, their parents. It was a very moving occasion.

Stephanie Kwolek

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Solitude begets whimsies.

Mary Wortley Montagu

SolitudeBegets

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

Joseph Conrad

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I love what I do, and I find personal joy through my work at Harman. My identity is who I am and what I do.

Dinesh Paliwal

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The studio is just a labor. Getting on stage is the reward.

Cliff Burton

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Between 2 and 5 I'm reading in to find out what's been going on while I've been asleep.

Bob Edwards

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President Bush bestowed the Congressional Medal on myself.

Aretha Franklin

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That great dust-heap called 'history'.

Augustine Birrell

HistoryGreat

Then as now, whatever disagreements over policies existed among Americans - and there were many such bitter policy disputes - the purposes and goals for which Americans fought were clearly understood.

Allen Weinstein

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Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

William Penn

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