Denialism Michael Quotes & Sayings

Becoming enlightened doesn't mean everything works your way. — Frederick Lenz

Like painting, most software is intended for a human audience. And so hackers, like painters, must have empathy to do really great work. — Paul Graham

The earth isn't utopia and never will be
but insisting that we can feed nine billion people with organic food is nothing more than utopian extremism, and the most distressing and pernicious kind of denialism. An organic universe sounds delightful, but it would consign millions of people in Africa and throughout much of Asia to malnutrition and death. That is a risk everyone should be able to understand. — Michael Specter

My husband says it is very good that I have very tiny feet, because they're easier to get in my mouth. — Colleen McCullough

There were days - she could remember this - when Henry would hold her hand as they walked home, middle-aged people, in their prime. Had they known at these moments to be quietly joyful? Most likely not. People mostly did not know enough when they were living life that they were living it. But she had that memory now, of something healthy and pure. — Elizabeth Strout

The horse and the cow, the rabbit and the cat, the deer and the hare, the pheasant and the lark, please us better as friends than as meat. — Elisee Reclus

Australia is an outdoor country. People only go inside to use the toilet. And that's only a recent development. — Barry Humphries

There is this trouble about special providences namely, there is so often a doubt as to which party was intended to be the beneficiary. In the case of the children, the bears, and the prophet, the bears got more real satisfaction out of the episode than the prophet did, because they got the children. — Mark Twain

People wrap themselves in their beliefs. And they do it in such a way that you can't set them free. Not even the truth will set them free. — Michael Specter

Who can wrestle against Sleep? - Yet is that giant very gentleness. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

The best way of creating motivation is to do something. If you take action, motivation will follow. — Mensah Oteh

The most blatant forms of denialism are rarely malevolent; they combine decency, a fear of change, and the misguided desire to do good - for our health, our families, and the world. That is why so many physicians dismiss the idea that a patient's race can, and often should, be used as a tool for better diagnoses and treatment. — Michael Specter

Do you know what we Turks think is the best Turkish delight? The Turkish woman. She is the best Turkish delight. — Carol Vorvain