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What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite. - Author object (559)

The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge - Author object (559)

If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way. - Author object (559)

I support gay marriage. I believe they have a right to be as miserable as the rest of us. - Author object (536)

Independence isn't doing your own thing; it's doing the right thing on your own. - Author object (219)

Life is like a prism. What you see depends on how you turn the glass. - Author object (198)

People never grow up, they just learn how to act in public. - Author object (172)

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?' - Author object (418)

Sometimes fiction is more easily understood than true events. Reality is often pathetic. - Author object (237)

I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way. - Author object (89)

Dare to think for yourself. - Author object (89)

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do. - Author object (89)

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong. - Author object (89)

Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn't illegal. - Author object (89)

A witty saying proves nothing. - Author object (89)

God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh. - Author object (89)

<em>Le secret d'ennuyer est celui de tout dire.</em> (The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.)" (<em>Sept Discours en Vers sur l'Homme</em>, 1738) - Author object (89)

Man is free at the instant he wants to be. - Author object (89)

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part. - Author object (89)

Prejudices are what fools use for reason. - Author object (89)