Michael Shermer Quotes

Providentially, learned habits can be unlearned, especially in the context of moral groups.

Michael Shermer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MoralContextHabitsLearnedGroups

Competition is a sin.

John D. Rockefeller

CompetitionSin

My vacations last one hour. Then I get bored, impatient.

Andre Aciman

BoredLastGetHourImpatientThen

Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.

Ambrose Bierce

VisionThingsWhoseOughtCynic

I've always been a bit of a sound freak in the movies I've done.

Stephen Hopkins

DoneMoviesSoundAlwaysFreakBeen

I'm a New Yorker, and I jaywalk with the best of them.

Sonia Sotomayor

BestNewThemYorkerNew Yorker

I secretly want to skydive, even though it's my greatest fear!

Robin Wright

FearWantGreatestEvenThough

I think that he was a prophet. I've had a difficult time coming to terms with Jesus Christ as the Son of God.

Ronnie James Dio

SonGodTimeThinkDifficultComing

I think in some ways it's good to have at least one thing for which you could be really immortal, you know?

Christopher Lambert

GoodThinkYouKnowOne ThingSome

As a little girl I used to daydream about my real father coming on a white horse to rescue me.

Christine Keeler

FatherGirlMeHorseWhiteReal

I decided to go and find India on my own. So, I hired a cab for a drive round old Delhi. I was knocked off center by the sheer energy that goes into daily survival.

Art Malik

DailyDriveEnergySurvivalFindGo

The only time I've played a real baddy was when I was Regan in 'King Lear.'

Ashley Jensen

TimeKingRealOnlyOnly TimeLear

In reality most people aren't as perfect as they want to seem.

Susanne Bier

PeopleRealityPerfectWantSeem

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