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Daniel Dennett Quotes

Some of the greatest, most revolutionary advances in science have been given their initial expression in attractively modest terms, with no fanfare.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Science Greatest Expression Been

The media is comparable to government-probably passes government in raw power.

Power Government Media Raw Passes

I like scripts. I spend a lot of time writing them.

Time Writing Like Lot Them Spend

If I live my life thinking that something might not pass the Senate, I would never even get up and bother to go to work.

Life Work Live Thinking My Life Go

If I'm doing a show on Sunday at 7 P.M., that wouldn't be the same show that I'd do at 11 P.M. on a Saturday - it's a different room at a different time of day with different sensibilities. That doesn't mean you have to compromise your art, but it is communication: you have to know how to talk to people.

Communication Time Art Day People

I read a lot when I'm travelling and always have a couple of books on the go.

Go Always Books Read Travelling Lot

As an entrepreneur, I've come across countless articles and quotes proudly telling me that I should accept failure, smile, and keep my head up. In other words, I've been told to stay positive. The thing is, when you're forced to shut down a business and let really awesome people you care about go, staying positive is the last thing on your mind.

Positive Smile Failure Business Mind

Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.

Dead Sinner Saint Edited Revised

I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I just want to be reasonably successful and live a normal life with all the conveniences to make it so.

Life Live Want Normal Successful

If I was in a refugee camp somewhere on the Pakistani border, of course I'd want to come to Australia.

Border Want Australia Refugee Come

I think, with Obama and the progressives, you've seen a massive expansion of big government, and it's all based on a moral premise. The moral premise is that wealth is theft. And I don't just mean the wealth of America, I mean, your wealth, my wealth.

Government Think America You Wealth

Well, we can't say any more than we can say there is no god, there is no afterlife. We can only say there is no persuasive evidence for or argument for it.

Christopher Hitchens

God Argument Say More Evidence Well

My dad was a golden gloves boxer in the Marine Corps, then a deputy sheriff. My mom worked as an office assistant.

Susana Martinez

Mom Golden Marine Corps Office Then

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