“All extremes of feeling are allied with madness.” ― Virginia Woolf

“I have never killed a man , but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.” ― Steven Pinker

“How gullible are you? Is your gullibility located in some “gullibility center” in your brain? Could a neurosurgeon reach in and perform some delicate operation to lower your gullibility, otherwise leaving you alone? If you believe this, you are pretty gullible, and should perhaps consider such an operation.” ― Douglas R. Hofstadter

“I am honorary president of the American Humanist Association, having succeeded the late, great, spectacularly prolific writer and scientist, Dr. Isaac Asimov in that essentially functionless capacity. At an A.H.A. memorial service for my predecessor I said, “Isaac is up in Heaven now.” That was the funniest thing I could have said to an audience of … More Quote of the Day

“The fact that no one understands you doesn’t mean you’re an artist.”–Stephen Hawking  

“Much of what is today called “social criticism” consists of members of the upper classes denouncing the tastes of the lower classes (bawdy entertainment, fast food, plentiful consumer goods) while considering themselves egalitarians.” ― Steven Pinker