Sam Harris Quotes
As an atheist, I am angry that we live in a society in which the plain truth cannot be spoken without offending 90% of the population.
Quotes to Explore
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Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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Raising the minimum wage seems to all economists to, at the very least, fail to 'raise' employment, and we'd all like to see better inclusion of low-skilled workers into good-paying jobs.
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Food production has affected the environment more than any other activity humans have engaged in. Humanity devotes more land to food production than anything else - roughly a third of the surface area of the earth, much of which was once forest but has been converted by humans into farms or grazing lands.
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Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.
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Let us have peace.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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You, as an entrepreneur, must make sure the postmoney valuation is a number you can obtain. You don't want too high of a valuation.
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It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
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Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.
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A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.
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I don't like to talk about girlfriend stuff. It's not necessary. I try to keep my relationships separate from everything else.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
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Consumers are increasingly feeling that they are being taken for a ride.
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If I have anything, it's tenacity.
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I grew up on the edge of a national park in Canada - timberwolves, creeks, snow drifts.
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If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.
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It's easy to see why pitchers respect McGwire. If you hit behind him, they're saying that they don't respect you. You have to change their thinking.
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When we were children, we often played war. We had a fine collection of lead soldiers. My brothers would take different countries: Xavier had Italy; Pierre, Germany. Or they would swap around. Well, I, gentlemen, always had France.
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Honesty is the greatest aphrodisiac.
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the right line of conduct is the same for both sexes, though the manner in which it is pursued, may somewhat vary, and be accommodated to the strength or weakness of the different travelers.
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I've been so low sometimes and when everyone else would be so high because I didn't like myself.
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As an atheist, I am angry that we live in a society in which the plain truth cannot be spoken without offending 90% of the population.
