Eliezer Yudkowsky Quotes

Let the winds of evidence blow you about as though you are a leaf, with no direction of your own. Beware lest you fight a rearguard retreat against the evidence, grudgingly conceding each foot of ground only when forced, feeling cheated. Surrender to the truth as quickly as you can.

Eliezer Yudkowsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 11, 1979

Topics

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I was a very bad accountant; I didn't care about money, golf or discovering fraud. After about a year I was sacked; then I went into teacher training.

Joanne Harris

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There's a general impulse to distract the grieving person - as if you could.

Joan Didion

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The prime minister's job is to captain his team, his party and his government.

John Bercow

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When I was working at Trio, I was pitched 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy' and I knew, whoever gets this, this is a game changer. When I started at Bravo in 2005, it was a hit, and Season 1 of 'Project Runway' was in postproduction.

Andy Cohen

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Intelligence, if it is clever in the direction of the better, is responsible for the greatest benefits of all.

Menander

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I've had people come up to me after the show and say, 'Why did you not make fun of Pakistan?' People are actually upset you didn't talk about them.

Maz Jobrani

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I make unbelievable pizza.

Melanie Scrofano

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In 1995, I proposed the Harvard Arts Medal. The idea was to celebrate the fact that, although it's rare, Harvard men and women do go into the creative arts. Over the years we've had major, major figures, like Jack Lemmon, John Updike, Yo-Yo Ma, and Bonnie Raitt.

John Lithgow

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I've always been a TV junkie.

Mauro Ranallo

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The first person a customer speaks with has the greatest impact on that customer's impression of Safeway.

Steven Burd

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My coaches do all the breakdowns of my opponents, and I leave that up to them.

Robbie Lawler

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Quantum entanglement is a very intriguing issue, but it is not impossible.

Roger Penrose

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