Elliott Sober Quotes
Trait X is fitter than trait Y in a population of organisms if those organisms have other biological traits T and live in an environment that has properties E. The theory of natural selection is filled with statements of this form.
Quotes to Explore
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If we don't have God in our life, we're considered dead.
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If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.
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To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter.
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Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.
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Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts by using federal dollars to help municipal governments build what are essentially small armies - where police departments compete to acquire military gear that goes far beyond what most of Americans think of as law enforcement.
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One of the things I want to do as an artist is to connect generations.
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If Marilyn Manson would write a song that says, 'Do your damn homework,' it would make the world a better place, and it wouldn't hurt him at all. And if he doesn't like it, to hell with him. He can come fight us - by the bicycle racks.
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Music was always a huge part of me, but I always did it on the side. I didn't even take any music classes in high school... it was more of an extracurricular thing.
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I mostly write on my own, walking, outside.
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One game that drives me crazy, is when a guy gives the girl they really like more attention, and then they feel like maybe they pressed too hard, so they back way off and start giving other women attention. I've never pulled this myself.
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I think the most important thing in life is relationships. I think that feeds us almost like food.
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I have never pretended to be a legal scholar, but when scores of lawyers are lining up to agree with the Supreme Court that the president has the power to make choices when it comes to whom to deport and whom to let stay, then I tend to agree with them.
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I don't want to scream 'Immigrant Song' every night for the rest of my life, and I'm not sure I could.
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You are a black goddess when you come out the salon.
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War is terrible. There is nothing romantic about war.
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As long-term business builders, we invest our permanent capital and deploy management skills in support of talented leaders and companies with global potential.
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My sisters were going out with artists and poets, and eventually it was the creative world which attracted me.
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This is the first aspiration of countries: we are the landlords in our countries so that they remain free, and we can live in security.
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I make no apology for wanting to make a profit - the more I make, the bigger percentage will go to charity. So most of the work I do now is motivated by that.
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I love the shows that are in dingy little dark clubs, smoky, no production whatsoever.
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We don't care if you understand us.
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Humans have trouble with economics, as you may have noticed, and not just because economic circumstances sometimes cause them to starve. Humans seem to have an innate inability to pay attention to economic principles.
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When you're stuck on something creatively, you can't solve a problem, you go to a coffee shop.
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Trait X is fitter than trait Y in a population of organisms if those organisms have other biological traits T and live in an environment that has properties E. The theory of natural selection is filled with statements of this form.
