“All [people] are intolerant.... Only they're intolerant of different things.”
Quote by Joan D. Vinge
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Joan D. Vinge
Joan D. Vinge is an American science fiction author born on April 2, 1948. Her works are known for their profound philosophical insights and rich imagination, with 'Snow Crash' and 'Cat's Cradle' being among her most beloved novels. more
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“Love is an obsolete emotion, ranking in usefulness somewhere between earwigs and toe mold.”
Source: Harrowing the Dragon
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“The living is merely a type of what is dead, and a very rare type.”
Source: The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
“At first sight, one does not see what relations there can be between religion and logic.”
Source: Emile Durkheim on Morality and Society
“Time is, of all modes of existence, most obsequious to the imagination.”
Source: Life of Shakespeare. Dr. Johnson's preface. The tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona
“Nothing is worthy of man as man unless he can pursue it with passionate devotion.”
Source: From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology
Source: Heart of Darkness
“Just because something is a metaphor doesn't mean it can't be real.”
“It's hard to look too grand when you're led by someone who looks like a pudding with legs.”
“In battle, do not think that you have to win. Think rather that you do not have to lose.”