Empathogens Quotes & Sayings

Say your boss has been taking longer than usual to respond to your e-mails. Many people would take that as a sign that their star is falling because if your star is falling, the chances are high that your boss will respond to your e-mails more slowly than before. But your boss might be slower in responding because she is unusually busy or her mother is ill. And so the chances that your star is falling if she is taking longer to respond are much lower than the chances that your boss will respond more slowly if your star is falling. The appeal of many conspiracy theories depends on the misunderstanding of this logic. That is, it depends on confusing the probability that a series of events would happen if it were the product of a huge conspiracy with the probability that a huge conspiracy exists if a series of events occurs. The effect on the probability that an event will occur if or given that other events occur is what Bayes's theory is all about. To — Leonard Mlodinow

Death to the pale-penised man-monster! Death to the pendulous-breasted harridan! — Matt Fraction

The trouble in life is not that you are extraordinarily or ordinarily talented but you are read posthumously. — Santosh Kalwar

Men sunk in the greatest darkness imaginable retain some sense and awe of the Deity. — John Tillotson

What are men? Children who doubt. — Derek Walcott

The peak of empathogens can be characterised as earthly paradise in comparison to the heavenly paradise of LSD and hallucinogens of that category. — Claudio Naranjo

In the final analysis we are our own betrayers. — Azar Nafisi

When you're flying, the changing balance of lift and weight pulls you up or down. But another pair of forces pulls you forward or backward through the air: thrust and drag. Thrust is the power that pulls the kite forward - you run with it to get it up in the air. You have to have thrust to create lift. Drag is there because your kite's surfaces push against the air and slow the kite down. Drag doesn't pull you out of the sky; it makes you fly more slowly. — Elizabeth Wein

I love basketball. I love football. And to me, I think that's a dimension that you don't see with a lot of female leads, especially. I have a genuine love for it, and I always thought it was very interesting to show that side of me. — Cristela Alonzo

Beauty is the experience that gives us a sense of joy and a sense of peace simultaneously. — Rollo May

I knew that I'd end up directing because I'm so hands-on with my films. — Lee Daniels