#ms

His work seems to confirm my old axiom: it is useless to try to keep the whole body alive. ↗

— Adolfo Bioy Casares

#science #the-body #science

All discourses and disciplines proceed from commitments and beliefs that are ultimately religious in nature. No scientific discourse (whether natural science or social science) simply discloses to us the facts of reality to which theology must submit; rather, every discourse is, in some sense, religious. The playing field has been leveled. Theology is most persistently postmodern when it rejects a lingering correlational false humility and instead speaks unapologetically from the the primacy of Christian revelation and the church's confessional language. ↗

— James K.A. Smith

#discipline #postmodernism #proof #religious-claims #revelation

Stop!" Narcissus got to his feet. "This is not right! This person is obviously not awesome, so he must be..." He struggled for the right words. It had probably been a long time since he'd talked about anything other than himself. "He must be tricking us." Apparently Narcissus wasn't completely stupid. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#hazel-levesque #himself #humor #leo-valdez #narcissus

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#second-amendment #thomas-jefferson #commitment

Si los seres humanos no dejan de hacer ejercicio con los labios, su cerebro empieza a funcionar. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#humor #science-fiction #science

When asked why he wrote the book, Freed said: In the 1980s, I joined the small group of anthropologists who were writing about the history of their subject. I believed that I could add some balance to American anthropological history, and that the best place to start was with museums— where the story began. The more I delved into the archives, the more I was fascinated. I was hooked. ↗

— Stanley A. Freed

#history #museums #science #science

Baby," she says in a harsh whisper, "in this world, lots of people will try to grind you down. They need you to be small so they can be big. You let them think whatever they want, but you make sure you get yours. You get yours. ↗

— Holly Black

#moms #sensitive #strong #advice

Do you like foreign films?” “With subtitles?” “Yes.” “I hate those types of films.” “Me too,” Cliff says. “Mostly because - “ “No happy endings. ↗

— Matthew Quick

#happy-endings #film

Our developers will make great games for whatever high-end platforms exist. ↗

— Mike Wilson

#exist #games #great #high-end #make

Liberalism seems to be related to the distance people are from the problem. ↗

— Whitney M. Young

#liberalism #people #problem #related #seems