Ethnocultural Devolutionary Quotes & Sayings

My ethical naturalism sees us as facing the predicament of being social animals without evolved adaptations that make social life easy. The fundamental problem that sparks the ethical project lies in our limited responsiveness to one another. The only way we have to address that problem is through a representative, informed, and engaged conversation. — Philip Kitcher

I never envisioned myself as a solo artist; I was always part of a band. — Jenny Lewis

And you would be unutterably flibbergasted if you knew the number of stout bicycles that partake serenely of humanity. — Flann O'Brien

Stars are the souls of old sailors. They plot the skies and guide the wayward home. — Brian Rathbone

I find it somewhat reassuring that I'm not the only one who feels like I should be running around shouting, Where's the script? Where's the script? If only I had a script I'd know what the freak I'm supposed to be doing. — Patricia Briggs

Parents can fail to cheer your successes as wildly as you expected, pointing out that you are sharing your Nobel Prize with a couple of other people, or that your Oscar was for supporting actress, not really for a starring role. More subtly, they can cheer your successes too wildly, forcing you into the awkward realization that your achievement of merely graduating or getting the promotion did not warrant the fireworks and brass band. — Frank Pittman

Here's a fact: Some people want to live more
Than others do. — Sherman Alexie

The nurse looked surprised. 'You're a bit high on the totem pole to be taking statements.' Carol debated momentarily how to describe her relationship with Tony. 'Colleague' was insufficient, 'landlord' somehow misleading and 'friend' both more and less than the truth. She shrugged. 'He feeds my cat. — Val McDermid

They'd been played. By a tuba! — Jude Watson

So long as selfishness makes government needful at all, it must make every government corrupt, save one in which all men are represented. — Herbert Spencer

In the art of war, if you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the approaching battles. But if you know only yourself and not the enemy, for every victory, there will also be defeat. — Emily Thorne

I could add her to the long list of people I didn't understand. — Charlaine Harris

Fine!" muttered Mogget. "Wet, cold, and full of holes. Another fun day on the river. — Garth Nix

You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them. — Laura Carmichael