Michael Shermer Quotes

In order to displace a prevailing theory or paradigm in science, it is not enough to merely point out what it cannot explain; you have to offer a new theory that explains more data, and do so in a testable way.

Michael Shermer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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You know, since the reviews have come out and people have reacted to it, I've realized that is in a sense what has happened. But as I was writing them, I didn't feel a part of any tradition. I think that would have been too overwhelming, in a sense.

Jhumpa Lahiri

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Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun.

Matt Groening

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The God of the Hebrews is a God that human language, we're not even supposed to speak the holy name. We were told in the Second Commandment we could make no images of this God, and I don't think that means just building idols, I think that means also trying to believe you've captured God in your words, in the Creeds, in the Scriptures.

John Shelby Spong

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I use a quill pen dipped in India ink. I also like Faber-Castell brush pens and Pigma Micron pens. And I work on Duo-Shade board.

Steve Breen

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'Rapper's Delight' came from the TV entertainment show 'Good Times,' but when the times called for a shift in the narrative, artists answered, covering brutal truths in their rhymes that were uncomfortable for society to confront.

Steve Stoute

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In the world of the Internet, there are many falsehoods. Anyone can write stuff on Wikipedia, and it doesn't have to be true.

Tom Hulce

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It is everyone's prerogative to retire. But it's like giving up on life as far as I'm concerned.

Roger Taylor

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I could live without my phone. And one thing I'd love to do is experience having the freedom that kids had back in the '80s.

Millie Bobby Brown

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Motherhood changed me completely.

Juhi Chawla

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When you're making a film, you have an obligation to fill the frame with life.

Joss Whedon

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You can't please people who don't really know you and, you know, I do think that one of the things I do want to do is please the people who matter to me and please the people that do know me.

Cherie Blair

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Inspiration is one thing. Stealing is another.

Christina Tosi

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