In the 9/11 Commission Report, one of the things they point out is that firefighters saved just about everybody below the fire. I don’t think they realize how proud the fire department is of that. Because, conceivably, that’s all they could have done. They could not have gotten above that fire. Rudy Giuliani Read Quote
You can’t write about the past and ignore religion. It was such a fundamental, mind-shaping, driving force for pre-modern societies. I’m very interested in what religion does to us – its capacity to create love and empathy or hatred and violence. Geraldine Brooks Read Quote
I keep all my work and files and kung-fu movies on my laptop because sometimes you travel, and the Internet is slow. Rza Read Quote
A Division I college wrestling team has so many guys at such a high level it’d be like having every single guy in the gym being a top 10 UFC guy, and that’s who you’re competing against every single day. Most everyone has been wrestling since they were 5 years old. It’s been their dream to wrestle in college. There’s such a high level of intensity. Ben Askren Read Quote
The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don’t have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it. Chris Pine Read Quote
Anyway, there is a lot of really interesting work going on in the neuroscience and psychology of consciousness, and I would love to see philosophers become more closely involved with this. David Chalmers Read Quote
It is time to stop debating whether the Internet is an effective tool for political expression and instead to address the much more urgent question of how digital technology can be structured, governed, and used to maximize the good and minimize the evil. Rebecca MacKinnon Read Quote
