Langeveld Oostenrijk Quotes & Sayings

Presented with the claims of nineteenth-century racist anthropology, a rational person will ask two sorts of questions: 'What is the scientific status of the claims?' 'What social or ideological needs do they serve?' — Noam Chomsky

If you simply announce that things are irrational, then that alone doesn't get you very far. You have to replace rational agents with some concrete notion of what it means to be irrational. — Lars Peter Hansen

I have worked with some incredible talent, and loved every minute of it. — Olivia Stuck

Genuine love is between two people who know they are already complete. Genuine love is based on a new paradigm in which both partners are committed to the celebration of each other and their loved ones. — Gay Hendricks

What ardently we wish, we soon believe. — Edward Young

Bank robbing is more of a sure thing than farming. — Allan Dare Pearce

If everyone lives roughly the same lies about the same thing, there is no one to call them liars. They jointly establish their own sanity and themselves normal. — Ernest Becker

I get in fewer arguments when I'm alone. — Paula Poundstone

A metaphysical conclusion is either a false conclusion or a concealed experimental conclusion. — Hermann Von Helmholtz

The argument, now, is about whether Bolshevik Russia was 'better' than Nazi Germany. In the days when the New Left dawned, the argument was about whether Bolshevik Russia was better than America. — Martin Amis

We Americans are lucky to live in a country with a history full of noble ideas, great leaders, and awe-inspiring accomplishments. Sadly, many of our elites want no part of it. — Michael Barone

I only write when I feel the inspiration. Fortunately, inspiration strikes at 10:00 o'clock every day. — William Faulkner

If you're opposed to the budget I submitted to the General Assembly, you're for a tax increase. — Matt Blunt

When Communist U.S.S.R. was a superpower, the world was better off. The right-wing media is trying to marginalize the peace movement. — Janeane Garofalo