“The part of my brain that was responsible for creating the world I lived and moved in and for taking the raw data that came in through my senses and fashioning it into a meaningful universe: that part of my brain was down, and out. And yet despite all of this, I had been alive, and aware, truly aware, in a universe characterized above all by love, consciousness, and reality. There was, for me, simply no arguing this fact. I knew it so completely that I ached.” WorldFactsRealityUniverseBrainConsciousnessAliveCreatingResponsibleDown AndMovedArguingMeaningfulSensesDespiteData Book:Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife Source: Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife
“Girls . . . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . . . Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh, fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about who was dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dolls, creating complex family groups and learning how to solve problems through negotiation and roleplaying. Which gender is better equipped, on the whole, to live an adult life, would you guess?” MadeWarReasonPlayWholeProblemGirlFightingHouseBoysGroupsCreatingGunAdultsComplexesGenderSolveArguingRanToysYardsNegotiationDollsToy Guns Author:Garrison Keillor
“Science is the art of creating suitable illusions which the fool believes or argues against, but the wise man enjoys for their beauty or their ingenuity, without being blind to the fact that they are human veils and curtains concealing the abysmal darkness of the unknowable” MenBelieveHumansArtFactsEnjoyDarknessWiseFoolCreatingIllusionBlindArguingVeilsCurtainsIngenuitySuitableConcealing Author:Carl Jung
“One problem with politics is that it is a zero sum game, i.e. politicians argue how to cut the pie smaller and smaller, by reshuffling pieces of the pie. I think this is destructive. Instead, we should be creating a bigger pie, i.e. funding the science that is the source of all our prosperity. Science is not a zero sum game.” ThinkingShouldProblemGamesPiecesCuttingSourcePoliticianCreatingBiggerProsperityArguingDestructiveZeroPieFundingZero Sum Game Author:Michio Kaku
“Poetry has no investment in anything besides openness. It's not arguing a point. It's creating an environment.” EnvironmentCreatingInvestmentArguingOpenness Author:Claudia Rankine
“I accused a woman of doing something behind my back when I knew that she hadn't, just to see if she loved me. One of a man's secret weapons in dealing with women is knowing the day you stop reacting to my bullshit is the day I feel like I've lost you, even if I'm creating a problem just so we can argue about it.” IfsMenFeelsProblemLostSecretBehindsKnowingCreatingWeaponsArguingBullshitAccusedBack WhenReactingLost YouBehind My Back Author:Tyrese Gibson
“When [Jimmy] Carter did quote them, he quoted them in what I believe were misapplications, such as arguing for the creation of a federal Department of Education. In one case, Carter quoted [Tomas] Jefferson's and [George] Washington's appreciation of education and then, in a leap, implied that they would be delighted that he was creating a giant federal bureaucracy for education.” BelieveWould BeI BelieveCasesCreationCreatingAppreciationArguingGiantsDepartmentLeapBureaucracyDelightedJimmyCarterImpliedTomas Jefferson Author:Paul Kengor