“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

“Contrary to what many anti-intellectuals maintain, science is by nature a much more humble enterprise than any religion or other ideology. This must be so given the self-correcting mechanisms that are incorporated into the scientific process, regardless of the occasional failures of individual scientists.”—Massimo Pigliucci http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/10-03-10/

“Irrationality is the square root of all evil.”–Douglas Hofstadter

“…no serious historian of nations and nationalism can be a committed political nationalist, except in the sense in which believers in the literal truth of the Scriptures, while unable to make contributions to evolutionary theory, are not precluded from making contributions to archaeology and Semitic philology. Nationalism requires too much belief in what is patently … More Quote of the Day

“The United States is the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, yet its inhabitants are strikingly unhappy. Accordingly, we present to the rest of mankind, on a planet rife with suffering and tragedy, the spectacle of a clown civilization. Sustained on a clown diet rich in sugar and fat, we have developed a … More Quote of the Day

“You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt

“The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians.”–Pat Robertson

“I am not saying that the [Ukrainian] famine or the other components of the victimization narratives do not deserve historical research and reflection, nor that evil should be ignored, or that the memory of the dead should not be held sacred. But I object to instrumentalizing this memory with the aim of generating political and … More Second Quote of the Day