Elliott Sober Quotes
I think that some "interventionist theisms" are compatible with evolutionary theory. (By "intervention," I don't mean that God violates laws of nature; I mean that God affects what happens in nature in ways that are additional to the ones that deism recognizes.)
Quotes to Explore
-
My sense of religion is Einstein's sense of relativity. I don't believe in God. I believe that energy never dies. So the possibility exists that you might be breathing in some other form of Moses or Buddha or Muhammad or Bobby Kennedy or Roosevelt or Martin Luther King or Jesus.
-
The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.
-
I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
-
Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
-
Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.
-
Mike Leigh taught me about making choices - as an actor, you choose between being honest and clever, and with Mike, it's always about being honest. I learned how to behave on a film set from Jim Broadbent. He was a great example of someone with a fantastic career who kept his feet on the ground.
-
I believe that, too, it's hard to believe that anybody could not believe that.
-
Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
-
Power has to be insecure to be responsive.
-
Nobody has it all, but for me to even come close is amazing.
-
All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
-
I'm the nicest, most loyal person in the world when it comes to my friends.
-
We're growing up together, the human race. And we've discovered a lot of things that we didn't know. We're finding our way. Instead of thinking about doomsday all the time, think about how beautiful the world is. We're all together, and together we're getting wiser.
-
There are tragedies that happen all the time in America, but there are certain types of tragedies that kind of pull us together and make us pause and give us a chance to reflect about where we are, where we're going, and that sort of thing.
-
Did satisfy myself mighty fair in the truth of the saying that the world do not grow old at all, but is in as good condition in all respects as ever it was.
-
Dango, Pume, Thwither: down with Visbhume’s breeches; let him hold his backside at the ready.
-
«And the European one?»
-
We do not want a religion that deceives us for our own good.
-
A lot of coaches in MMA focus on MMA wrestling. My coach, his high school team is ranked 10th in the nation. Izzy Martinez is very connected to the wrestling community.
-
The good Watson had at that time deserted me for a wife, the only selfish action I can recall in our association. I was alone.
-
I don't know what to do when I'm not working. I lose my mind if I'm not constantly doing something.
-
We are all prisoners of our past. It is hard to think of things except in the way we have always thought of them. But that solves no problems and seldom changes anything.
-
I think that some "interventionist theisms" are compatible with evolutionary theory. (By "intervention," I don't mean that God violates laws of nature; I mean that God affects what happens in nature in ways that are additional to the ones that deism recognizes.)
