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Daniel Dennett Quotes

The problem is that no ethical system has ever achieved consensus. Ethical systems are completely unlike mathematics or science. This is a source of concern.

Daniel Dennett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: american
Birth: March 28, 1942

Topics

Science Mathematics Problem Ethical

While I'm leader, nothing will be off limits - there will not be one policy, one rule, one way of working which cannot be changed.

Johann Lamont

Leader Limits Nothing Will Way Rule

I like meat on my bones.

Jennifer Hudson

Meat Bones Like

I moved to Harvard in 1998, and in 2000 the first kidney exchange in the United States was done at a hospital nearby. I started to think, 'Gee, there might be a way where I could help organize it, make it easier for people to find kidneys.'

Alvin E. Roth

People Think Help Find Done Way

American government is like a train on a track. You have the people on the left shouting; you have the people on the right. But the train's on track. They just keep ploughing ahead.

Tom Wolfe

Government People American You Train

I always have a big idea. It pops up every two to three years.

Masayoshi Son

Three Two Always Years Up Big

The way one perceives a book and a film are totally different. You read a book in the privacy of your room. You are the boss; you set the pace and rhythm of your reading. In the movie house, you can't do that.

Milos Forman

Boss Book Reading You House Privacy

In calling someone a bad guy, I reassure myself that I'm good. I elevate myself. I call it the 'Star Wars morality'. And unfortunately, it underpins most of the stories we tell.

Joshua Oppenheimer

Good Myself Someone Bad Morality

I'm always working on our home, but I want to keep the old look to it.

Dick Van Patten

Home Look Want Old Always Working

Sometimes, if you really want to try something original, you step a little too far out of bounds. I mean, there's a market force that kind of unconsciously keeps you in line a little bit.

David Zucker

Step You Sometimes Want Kind Try

Be your own biggest critic. Don't let someone else beat you to constructive criticism.

Christina Tosi

Criticism Someone You Own Beat Your

Jake Johnson wanted to make clear that he was the great American actor, not just the funny guy on 'New Girl.'

Colin Trevorrow

Funny Girl Great American New Actor

I am still doing my due diligence. A vote on a Supreme Court nominee is a lifetime appointment and when the court decides, it is the law of the land.

Bob Menendez

I Am Law Doing Diligence Vote Land