Michael Ghiselin quotes
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“Where it is in his own interest, every organism may reasonably be expected to aid his fellows. Where he has no alternative, he submits to the yoke of communal servitude. Yet given a full chance to act in his own interest, nothing but expediency will restrain him from brutalizing, from maiming, from murdering his brother, his mate, his parent, or his child. Scratch an 'altruist' and watch a 'hypocrite' bleed.”
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“Scratch an altruist and watch a hypocrite bleed.”
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“No hint of genuine charity ameliorates our vision of society, once sentimentalism has been laid side. What passes for cooperation turns out to be a mixture of opportunism and exploitation. Scratch an altruist and watch a hypocrite bleed.”
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“Error is part of the overhead of doing research”
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“Religions are many, reason is one, we are all brothers.”
Source : A.J. Cronin (1941). “The Keys of the Kingdom”
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Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 94, 1895.
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Source : "Once upon a life" by A. N. Wilson, www.theguardian.com. June 4, 2011.
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“I don't like politics, hypocrites, folks with poodles...”
Source : Song: Meat And Potato Man, Album: When Somebody Loves You, 2000
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