“Morality is a biological adaptation no less than are hands and feet and teeth... Considered as a rationally justifiable set of claims about an objective something, ethics is illusory. I appreciate that when somebody says, 'Love thy neighbor as thyself,' they think they are referring above and beyond themselves... Nevertheless... such reference is truly without foundation. Morality is just an aid to survival and reproduction... and any deeper meaning is illusory...” ThinkingHandsFeetMoralitySurvivalEthicsAppreciateClaimsFoundationDeeperAidsNeighborTeethObjectivesNeverthelessAdaptationThyselfReproductionReferringIllusoryLove Thy NeighborHands And FeetAbove And BeyondDeeper Meaning Author:Michael Ruse
“Genius, with all its pride in its own strength, is but a dependent quality, and cannot put forth its whole powers nor claim all its honors without an amount of aid from the talents and labors of others which it is difficult to calculate.” WholeDifficultQualityTalentPrideAmountGeniusHonorLaborClaimsAidsDependent Author:William C. Bryant
“History says that progress often requires sacrifice, but what kind of progress can we claim when it is built on the lives of the citizens it is supposed to aid?” KindProgressSacrificeCitizensBuiltClaimsAids Book:The Testing 2: Independent Study Source: The Testing 2: Independent Study
“It is not necessarily impossible for human beings to fly, but it so happens that God did not give them the knowledge of how to do it. It follows, therefore, that anyone who claims that he can fly must have sought the aid of the devil. To attempt to fly is therefore sinful.” GivingHumansHappensHuman BeingsImpossibleDevilClaimsAidsFlightAviation Author:Roger Bacon
“We cannot proclaim this century the African Century and then ignore the AIDS pandemic, as some political leaders are apt to do. To claim this century the African Century is to declare war on AIDS.” WarPoliticalLeaderCenturyClaimsAidsPolitical LeadersPandemics Author:Nelson Mandela
“AIDS was one of those diseases that a lot of people tried to claim ownership over, and especially as someone who was, fortunately never HIV positive, I wanted to avoid any appearance of doing that.” PeopleWantedDiseaseClaimsAppearanceAidsOwnershipHivHiv Positive Author:Dale Peck
“...a vocal minority of scientists so mistrusts the models and the complex fragmentary data, that some claim that global warming is a hoax. They have made public statements accusing other scientists of deliberate fraud in aid of their research funding. Both sides are now hurling personal epithets at each other, a very bad development in Earth sciences.” MadeEarthSidesDevelopmentModelsResearchScientistClaimsComplexesAidsStatementsDataGlobal WarmingMinoritiesFraudBoth SidesDeliberateVocalFundingMistrustAccusingHoaxesEpithetHurlingEarth Science Author:Joanne Simpson
“I think that a big part of the energy that was going into fighting AIDS was reduced when we saw that more of the new infections were among our black and brown young people. That's a sad truth to have to claim, but I believe it's true.” PeopleThinkingBelieveBigsYoungFightingEnergyI BelieveBlackSawsClaimsAidsBrownInfectionSad Truth Author:Cleve Jones
“Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear, and we all just do our best. I would never claim to have the worst situation. There are many widows, and many people dying of AIDS, many people killed in Lebanon, people starving all over the planet. So we have to count our lucky stars.” PeopleLife IsStarsSituationWorstDyingPlanetsBearsLuckyBedCrossesClaimsRoseAidsStarvingWidowsLebanonPeople DyingBed Of RosesLucky StarCrosses To BearWorst Situation Author:Yoko Ono