#at

It's an important point to realize that the genetic programming of our lives is not fully deterministic. It is statistical - it is in any animal merely statistical - not deterministic. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#any #fully #genetic #important #important point

On second thought, I think I am more crazy than my goat. ↗

— Remedios Varo

#crazy #goat #i #i am #i think

Whenever Percy stopped by to see [Annabeth], she was so lost in thought that the conversation went something like this: Percy: 'Hey, how's it going?' Annabeth: 'Uh, no thanks.' Percy: 'Okay...have you eaten anything today?' Annabeth: 'I think Leo is on duty. Ask him.' Percy: 'So, my hair is on fire.' Annabeth: 'Okay, in a while. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#cute #distracted #hair-on-fire #mark-of-athena #not-listening

No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and the national elements in our culture, even when they were ignored, always provided an unconscious driving force of passion and aggressive self-assertion. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#always #been #civilization #culture #doubt

No society lies nearer to the cyclonic path of the forces of world change than the United States, and few societies are more intellectually aware of the nature of the issues that have to be faced. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#change #faced #few #forces #intellectually

The Church as a divine society possess an internal principle of life which is capable of assimilating the most diverse materials and imprinting her own image upon them. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#capable #church #diverse #divine #her

The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between the Atlantic and Central Europe was never purely economic or political; it also meant the exchange of knowledge and ideas and the influence of social institutions and artistic and literary forms. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#artistic #atlantic #between #central #economic

The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of the United Nations Charter have not proved strong enough to control the aggressive dynamism of nationalism. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#charter #control #dynamism #enlightenment #enough

Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the Revolution every little American has been taught to associate himself personally with this creative act. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#american #associate #been #corporate #creative

It's like our relationship is always about the other side that isn't the obvious side. ↗

— Rosario Dawson

#always #like #obvious #other #our