Peter Singer I think ethics is always there; it’s not always a very thoughtful or reflective ethics. – Peter Singer Ethics Quotes Reflective Quotes Thoughtful Quotes I would like us to think about it more explicitly, and not take our intuitions as the given of ethics, but rather to reflect on it, and be more open about the fact that something is an ethical issues and think what we ought to do about it. I suppose what’s happened recently has confirmed suspicions I voiced in the book, and I think made clearer some of those things that I point out. For instance I have a section of the book where I talk about the possibility of torture.
Robert J Sawyer I think most people are indifferent in their evaluation of what is good or bad. – Robert J Sawyer
Steve Schmidt Liberal democracy is in regression all over the world, and it’s a dangerous thing. – Steve Schmidt
Anthony Ramos I just want kids to know that, no matter what your circumstance is and no matter where you’re from, you can always make a way. There’s always a way out of or a way in to do something – that thing that you want to do. – Anthony Ramos
Romola Garai There’s no way I could ring up a company that was lending me a red-carpet dress and say, ‘Do you have it in a 10?’ Because all the press samples are an 8 – I would say a ‘small 8.’ – Romola Garai
David D Burns Most therapists do not appear to know how to pinpoint and reverse therapeutic resistance – to head it off at the pass. Instead, they try to persuade the patient to change, or to do the psychotherapy homework, while the patient resists and ‘yes-butts’ the therapist. The therapist ends up feeling frustrated and resentful, and doing all the work. – David D Burns
Ellen Barkin The more powerful you become, some people especially don’t like it that you’re a woman. I stick up for myself. – Ellen Barkin
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