Olusoji Benson Quotes & Sayings

To be more involved and more aware is appealing to me. — Ryan Phillippe

There's no sense beating around the bush, it doesn't burn that many calories. from Split the Uprights — Davee Jones

Altruism, compassion, empathy, love, conscience, the sense of justice - all of these things, the things that hold society together, the things that allow our species to think so highly of itself, can now confidently be said to have a firm genetic basis. That's the good news. The bad news is that, although these things are in some ways blessings for humanity as a whole, they didn't evolve for the "good of the species" and aren't reliably employed to that end. Quite the contrary: it is now clearer than ever how (and precisely why) the moral sentiments are used with brutal flexibility, switched on and off in keeping with self-interest; and how naturally oblivious we often are to this switching. In the new view, human beings are a species splendid in their array of moral equipment, tragic in their propensity to misuse it, and pathetic in their constitutional ignorance of the misuse. The title of this book is not wholly without irony. — Robert Wright

He's been going on about the End of All Things for as long as I've known him," she said carelessly. "And we're all still here. Hey, want to see a really upsetting party trick I can do with two flick-knives and an unwilling volunteer? — Simon R. Green

Bloated software causes IT stress farts. — Kevin Focke

For me, the consolation of history resides in the fact that hypothetically returning to any point in time feels like coming home. — Martha M. Moravec

And certainly both Horses were doing, if not all they could, all they thought they could; which is not quite the same thing. — C.S. Lewis

If the area were on or near the U.S. continental shelf, such data could well provide an enemy with strategically invaluable insights into undersea access routes that could be used to attack some of the millions of Americans who live on or near our coasts. — Frank Gaffney