Patrick Hayden quotes

“We tend to idealize tolerance, then wonder why we find ourselves infested with losers and nut cases.”
-- Patrick Hayden

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“Personally, I've been hearing all my life about the Serious Philosophical Issues posed by life extension, and my attitude has always been that I'm willing to grapple with those issues for as many centuries as it takes.”
-- Patrick Hayden

#Attitude Quotes #Philosophical Quotes #Issues Quotes

“The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets.”

“I think some people think I'm a smarty-pants. Some people think I'm intense, some people think I'm super-esoteric and nuts.”

“... the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. [pp. 65-66]”

“Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'”

Source : A.A. Gill (2010). “Paper View: The Best of The Sunday Times Television Columns”, p.127, Hachette UK

“America didn’t bypass or escape civilization. It did something far more profound, far cleverer: it simply changed what civilization could be.”

“Shammiji is said to be India's answer to Elvis Presley, but I say that Elvis Presley is America's answer to Shammi Kapoor. The mark of a good actor is the belief with which he gives a shot and Shammiji gave his each shot with a strong belief and that makes him a great actor of all times.”

“Josh: So, Toby, it’s election night. What do you say about a country that goes out of its way to protect even those citizens that try to destroy it? Toby: God bless America.”

“In America, people think being South Asian is still kind of exotic. When you go outside New York and Chicago and L.A., there are people who have never tried Indian food... they've never even tasted it!”

“There is no America without labor, and to fleece the one is to rob the other.”

“The only possible basis for a sound morality is mutual tolerance and respect: tolerance of one another’s customs and opinions; respect for one another’s rights and feelings; awareness of one another’s needs.”