Quotes for All
Science is now the craft of the manipulation, substitution and deflection of the forces of nature. What I see coming is a gigantic slaughterhouse, an Auschwitz, in which valuable enzymes, hormones, and so on will be extracted instead of gold teeth. Erwin Chargaff
Humility is not renunciation of pride but the substitution of one pride for another. Eric Hoffer
It is by sympathy we enter into the concerns of others, that we are moved as they are moved, and are never suffered to be indifferent spectators of almost anything which men can do or suffer. For sympathy may be considered as a sort of substitution, by which we are put into the place of … Read more
It is only through an abandonment of the idea that those entrusted with power have an exclusive right to decide upon war, and the substitution of a public opinion equipped with all the facts and taken into the confidence of the ruling classes, that peace can be assured to the world. Frederic C. Howe
The enemy of science is not religion… . The true enemy is the substitution of thought, reflection, and curiosity with dogma. Frans de Waal
What we need is not so much personal development, as personal replacement: What we need is not so much personal development, but personal substitution. Dwight Edwards
The central challenge for educational systems around the world is the substitution of effectiveness for popularity. Douglas B. Reeves
There’s a grosser irony about Politically Correct English. This is that PCE purports to be the dialect of progressive reform but is in fact – in its Orwellian substitution of the euphemisms of social equality for social equality itself – of vastly more help to conservatives and the US status quo than traditional SNOOT prescriptions … Read more
This is the essence of intuitive heuristics: when faced with a difficult question, we often answer an easier one instead, usually without noticing the substitution. Daniel Kahneman
I’ve tried it long ago, with hashish and peyote. Fascinating, yes, but no good, no. This, as we find in alcohol, is an escape from awareness, a cheat, a momentary substitution, and in the end a destruction of it. Conrad Aiken