A man sufficiently gifted with humor is in small danger of succumbing to flattering delusions about himself, because he cannot help perceiving what a pompous ass he would become if he did |
A man sufficiently gifted with humor is in small danger of succumbing to flattering delusions about himself, because he cannot help perceiving what a pompous ass he would become if he did |
Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot |
Evil, by definition, is that which endangers the good, and the good is what we perceive as a value. |
Historians will have to face the fact that natural selection determined the evolution of cultures in the same manner as it did that of species |
Historians will have to face the fact that natural selection determined the evolution of cultures in the same manner as it did that of species |
Historians will have to face the fact that natural selection determined the evolution of cultures in the same manner as it did that of species |
I believe that present day civilized man suffers from insufficient discharge of his aggressive drive. |
I have found the missing link between the higher ape and civilized man: It is we. |
It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young. |
Most of the vices and mortal sins condemned today correspond to inclinations that were purely adaptive or at least harmless in primitive man. |
One meteorologist remarked that if the theory were correct, one flap of a seagull's wings would be enough to alter the course of the weather forever |
The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be. |
Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one. |
We do not take humor seriously enough |