Jonathan Haidt Quotes

Morality binds people into groups. It gives us tribalism, it gives us genocide, war, and politics. But it also gives us heroism, altruism, and sainthood.

Jonathan Haidt

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PoliticsWarPeopleMoralityHeroism

I cannot do confrontation. You know that fight or flight thing? I'm flight. I just don't want the argument.

Jennifer Saunders

FightYouArgumentFlightKnowWant

I've always written about people who have very abstracted in a certain way. I write about scientists and artists and musicians. I write about people who live in their heads who are very obsessed about a certain set of details in the physical world.

Andrea Barrett

LivePeopleWorldDetailsMusicians

So many more people recognise you and want to take up a moment of your time for a photo or a hello. You try to deal with it with grace and a degree of humour, because what's the alternative?

Matt Smith

TimeMomentPeopleGraceYouWant

I'm not a Beverly Hills dude.

John Singleton

Beverly HillsHillsDudeBeverly

Bashar al-Assad's henchmen stomped on the hands of famed Syrian cartoonist Ali Farzat. Our dictators tailor wounds to suit their victims' occupations.

Mona Eltahawy

HandsTailorSuitDictatorsWounds

I was quite excited, but I was sure I wouldn't win the race. I am a realist.

Jean Alesi

I AmWinRaceRealistExcitedSure

What's funny about Jesus' Son is that I never even wrote that book, I just wrote it down. I would tell these stories and people would say, You should write these things down.

Denis Johnson

FunnySonPeopleBookYouDown

I've always been successful. Now I'm famous and successful.

Chazz Palminteri

FamousNowAlwaysSuccessfulBeen

I have women coming up to me and saying: 'I love your character! She's so empowered. She takes control; she gets what she wants.' That's another side of her. And I respect that in Joan. She says and does things that I would never allow myself to do.

Christina Hendricks

LoveWomenCharacterRespectMyself

The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy your attention.

Brian Eno

AttentionYouWantWayEngageBeat

I spent 20 years of my life building up Queen, and now I'm spending years of my life trying to get away from it.

Brian May

LifeQueenBuildingMy LifeTrying

The earth is warming. Humans are contributing.

Brett Kavanaugh

EarthHumansContributingWarming

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