"Productive stupidity means being ignorant by choice. Focusing on important questions puts us in the awkward position of being ignorant."

"Yet we are not always justified in concluding that the killing of animals causes a less number to exist; because some of them are carnivorous, and by being killed they can no longer kill others: while…"

"Simonson, in rubber jacket and similar galoshes, bound with whip-cord over woolen socks , was also awaiting the departure of the party. He stood near the entrance of the house, writing down in a note-…"

"Moral indignation, … the intervention into the affairs of others because we think them wicked, must necessarily be replaced by humanitarianism, which, using the language of therapy and healing, interv…"

"We're at a time when we are being presented with undeniable changes in the global climate and fundamental issues that affect every single one of us, and it's the time we're listening to the most hokey…"