“We cannot predict how research will benefit humanity, because those benefits might be years, or even decades down the road. Or they might not materialize at all.”
“It’s not my cudgel, it’s theirs.”
“These are the same people who will rush to ‘defend’ the Bible – that is, the Bible they do not read and whose contents as they imagine them to be are largely a figment of their imagination — against those of us who’ve dedicated our lives to studying those texts, when we try in vain to share some of the fruits of our research and our passion with them.”
“The Bible is many things, written by many authors, with many ideas — some horrid, some profound.”
“I think there is a need for more progressives to respond to Robert Gagnon if for no other reason than to be Las Casas to his Sepulveda.”
“Governments that elevate money and firearms over human life, that treat its people and their will with such indifference — such governments eventually lose not only honor, but credibility.”
“I am the senator. You are the citizen. You need to be quiet.”
“Guerra and Fierro cleverly took advantage of an 1848 treaty that allows free navigation for both sides along the Rio Grande.”
“After a four month investigation, the authorities have concluded that, even if you see what they determine to be ‘the nicest buck [they’ve] seen taken in Indiana County in a couple of years,’ it is not appropriate or lawful behavior to leap from your car and chase it around the side of the [Walmart] while firing multiple shots from your handgun.”
“Westeros Morning Playbook is sponsored by the Night’s Watch.”
“For us, true love waits, and waits, and waits.” (via)
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