Ultimately, there are no values in the secular world that can replace the complete happiness people find in the vision of the face of God.
— J. BudziszewskiProfessor of Government and Philosophy at University of Texas at Austin
“All you've got to do is- to their face- call yourself every name that they are harbouring about you, it's that simple; it means you're demonstrating understanding. Whatever adjective from your culture best describes the worst possible name they could think of for you- all you've got to do is look them in the eye and say you feel I am – that's super simple, right? The thing is, it may sound easy- but it's hard to do- but if you can do it- it can unlock a situation in a heartbeat.”— Chris Voss
Former FBI Hostage Negotiator & Author of "Never Split the Difference
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If I practice friendship for the sake of my friend, I will have pleasure in it. If I practice friendship for the sake of pleasure, in the long run I'll have neither pleasure nor friendship.
— J. BudziszewskiProfessor of Government and Philosophy at University of Texas at Austin
People do confuse pleasure for happiness, but as Mortimer J. Adler put it, there is a big difference between a having a good time and having a good life. Pleasure is best understood not as the very good itself, but as a by-product of pursuing the things that really are good.
— J. BudziszewskiProfessor of Government and Philosophy at University of Texas at Austin
To be completely happy is the same as to be fulfilled, to flourish, or to thrive – to enjoy complete well-being, to have our complete and final good. We seek happiness for its own sake, not to get something else. This is our goal and deepest longing.
— J. BudziszewskiProfessor of Government and Philosophy at University of Texas at Austin
In some ways, emulating birds would have held us back – yes it would have given us the drive and motivation, but we had to forget about flapping to develop the combustion engine driven plane!
— Richard DawkinsEvolutionary Biologist & Author of "The Selfish Gene
An example is when you catch a cricket ball your brain is doing the equivalent of solving differential equations, but you do it unconsciously.
— Richard DawkinsEvolutionary Biologist & Author of "The Selfish Gene
Birds are not born with an innate genetically determined knowledge of constellations. What they do has been brilliantly shown in an experiment by Stephen Emlen.
— Richard DawkinsEvolutionary Biologist & Author of "The Selfish Gene
I feel it's such a wonderful thing to be able to leave the tyranny of gravity to leave the ground and fly wherever you will.
— Richard DawkinsEvolutionary Biologist & Author of "The Selfish Gene
The question to be asked is why doesn't everybody fly?
— Richard DawkinsEvolutionary Biologist & Author of "The Selfish Gene
It's like a tripod. Without one of the three, the whole marketing strategy collapses.
— Erik Huberman75% of people won't purchase from a brand they don't inherently trust.
— Erik HubermanThere are two different types of founders. A wartime founder – when things are tough, they act and a poor peacetime founder – it is really fun or nice to work for.
— Erik HubermanYou can't just market your way out of a bad product.
— Erik HubermanMarketing is not going to solve a bad product, but it will be an easier and smoother with a good product, with repeat purchases and word of mouth as being the two things that are critical.
— Erik HubermanWe are living longer and measuring GDP growth is not the way to decide whether a society or an economy are flourishing.
— Jennifer SciubbaHow many years or months do we have to be surprised before we realise it's not a surprise that this is a regular pattern? We will have massive waves of forced displacement.
— Jennifer Sciubba