Eliezer Yudkowsky Quotes

A burning itch to know is higher than a solemn vow to pursue truth. To feel the burning itch of curiosity requires both that you be ignorant, and that you desire to relinquish your ignorance.

Eliezer Yudkowsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TruthIgnoranceCuriosityFeelYou

I think we invent jargon because it saves times talking to one-another.

John Maynard Smith

ThinkTalkingBecauseJargonI Think

When you're placed in a world where survival is the main focus, a lot of that other stuff, like wrongdoings in the past, become obsolete. You have to focus on the here and now.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

FocusPastWorldSurvivalYouNow

I think Mike Nichols is brilliant, but I think Jerry Robbins was a genius.

Rita Moreno

ThinkGeniusBrilliantI ThinkMike

I want to do journalism on journalists. I want to do the stories on stories that aren't being told.

Mike Cernovich

JournalismWantBeingStories

My brother Mike is the hardest working person I know.

Donna Lynne Champlin

BrotherPersonKnowWorkingHardest

The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.

Bodhidharma

MindBuddha

The Gulf War is responsible for the huge and horrifying rise in Islamic terrorism.

Pierre Salinger

WarRiseTerrorismResponsibleGulf

I am growing more and more aware that all too often we preachers aim at nothing and hit it.

Peter Marshall

I AmGrowingNothingAimMoreAware

My name is Paulina Porizkova, and I am a feminist.

Paulina Porizkova

I AmNameFeministAm

Oh, let's face it: I hate everything in others.

Ricky Gervais

HateFaceOthersEverythingOh

It was definitely a very appealing prospect to be in a company, especially as an art student: we had it hammered into us that the odds of us finding a job, especially fresh out of school, was very slim, and we could expect to work as a bartender for the next three years after we graduate.

Noelle Stevenson

WorkArtJobSchoolFindingStudent

If wearing the Spanx helps you get looks, and you feel that energy and response, and you're rocking your body with confidence, that's still how you'll feel about yourself when you get home and take the Spanx off... If your attitude improves from the Spanx, wear the Spanx!

Lisa Ann Walter

ConfidenceHomeAttitudeYourself

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