Michael Shermer Quotes

One of the features of a democracy is the disentanglement of the sacred from the secular because in religiously pluralistic countries, no one can legitimately claim special status by faith membership.

Michael Shermer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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FaithDemocracySpecialStatusClaim

To die is landing on some distant shore.

John Dryden

DieShoreLandingSomeDistant

People might start with LiveJournal or Blogger, but if they get serious, they'll graduate to WordPress. We try to cater to the more powerful users.

Matt Mullenweg

PeopleStartPowerfulSeriousTry

No one ever tells you what the grieving process is going to be like. The process of losing a parent or ending a show or vocal injuries - they all bring on their own special breed of dismay... You just have to ride the wave. You don't have any other choice.

Steve Kazee

RideLosingEndingParentInjuries

I've always liked to dance - I've got a natural rhythm.

Tom Jones

DanceRhythmAlwaysNaturalGot

I'm a huge fan of Joe Walsh and a big James Gang fan. A lot of what I know about playing the guitar I learned from listening to him.

Tom Scholz

ListeningGuitarKnowHimGangBig

Leaders must wake people out of inertia. They must get people excited about something they've never seen before, something that does not yet exist.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

PeopleNeverOutExcitedSomething

I'm a big fan of imagination. I think it's the strongest tool we have, and there are some things that you just can't practice.

Rupert Friend

ImaginationPracticeThinkYouBig

It's a lucky child that knows that they're a genius, unaimed and all that.

Diana Wynne Jones

ChildGeniusLuckyKnows

Leaving the house is a big enough occasion for me, so getting on a plane and flying across the world and playing to a room full of people is just out of this world.

Courtney Barnett

PeopleMeWorldFlyingEnoughHouse

World records aren't broken in practice, and competitive environments and adversity are the birthplace of champions.

Brandon Webb

AdversityBrokenPracticeWorld

We've had a chance to be seen by viewers who had never seen us before, and we've kept a lot of them.

Brit Hume

ChanceNeverSeenUsWhoBefore

While Saudi Arabia tries to usher in the post-oil era, its citizens struggle to adjust to a more diversified capitalist society.

Anthony Scaramucci

StruggleSocietyMoreAdjustEra

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