“ That’s right; put on the steam, fasten down the escape-valve, and sit on it, and see there you’ll land. Harriet Beecher Stowe
“ Nationalism does nothing but teach you to hate people you never met, and to take pride in accomplishments you had no part in. Doug Stanhope
“ Then, one sunny September morning, the illusion of a personal God that I tried so hard to believe in, exploded over the skies of Manhattan. Even as the ashes and ruin of this horrific act of blind fai… Nathan Phelps
“ People are not embracing collectivism because they have accepted bad economics. They are accepting bad economics because they have embraced collectivism. Ayn Rand
“ When you go with first principles, a giant light goes off in what you think is a city and turns out to be an insane asylum. Stefan Molyneux
“ No evidence is powerful enough to force acceptance of a conclusion that is emotionally distasteful. Theodosius Dobzhansky
“ Then the true name for religion,' Fat said, 'is death.''The secret name,' I agreed. 'You got it. Jesus died; Asklepios died - they killed Mani worse than they killef jesus, but nobody even cares; nobo… Philip K. Dick
“ Samuel Taylor Coleridge was right when he claimed, 'In politics, what begins in fear usually ends up in folly.' Political activists are more inclined, though, to heed an observation from Richard Nixon… Barry Glassner
“ Reality is, you know, the tip of an iceberg of irrationality that we've managed to drag ourselves up onto for a few panting moments before we slip back into the sea of the unreal. Terence McKenna
