Rodeen Rahbar Quotes & Sayings

I think having power ingrains people with a conservatism. There's a tendency to hedge one's bets. (Which explains a lot, actually, about why the movie business is the way it is, and why the publishing industry is too.) — Matthew Specktor

I feel lucky ... I have tremendous support so I've never felt alone. — Brittany Maynard

Harris: Yes. In fact, self-deception might have paid evolutionary dividends in other ways. Robert Trivers argues, for instance, that people who can believe their own lies turn out to be the best liars of all - and an ability to deceive rivals has obvious advantages in the state of nature. Now, clearly many things may have been adaptive for our ancestors - such as tribal warfare, rape, xenophobia - that we now deem unethical and would never want to defend. But I'm wondering if you see any possibility that a social system that maximizes truth-telling could be one that fails to maximize the well-being of all participants. Is it possible that some measure of deception is good for us? — Sam Harris

A kind word sends vibes of love, if we are perceptive, if we know how love permeates and proliferates with this little gesture of giving. — Balroop Singh

I'm just trying to change my life because I'm not above killing any drug dealer for money — Mike Tyson

I'm more of a fisherman as opposed to a scientist perhaps and chasing the whale. But I've had some success. — Matt Walsh

Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose. — John Milton