A famous bon mot asserts that opinions are like arse-holes, in that everyone has one.
TIM MINCHINYou don’t have to be unscientific to make beautiful art or to write beautiful things…
More Tim Minchin Quotes
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It’s an incredibly exciting thing, this one, meaningless life of yours.
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We must think critically, and not just about the ideas of others. Be hard on your beliefs.
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The existence of a higher power with any consciousness or interest in the human race or ability to punish or reward humans for their moral choices or that there is any reason other than fear to believe in any version of an afterlife, I will give you my piano, one of my legs and my wife.
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Isn’t this enough? Just this world? Just THIS?
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Science is not a body of knowledge or a belief system, it is just a term that describes humankind’s incremental acquisition of understanding through observation.
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There are children in Africa, starving to death, and you don’t hear them whinging.
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The day they discover yoga mats are carcinogenic will be the happiest day of my life.
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You don’t have to be unscientific to make beautiful art or to write beautiful things…
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Science is not a body of knowledge nor a system of belief.
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We have tendency to define ourselves in opposition to stuff. But try to also express your passion for things you love.
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I will judge you on how you treat the least powerful. So there.
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Please don’t make the mistake of thinking that the arts and sciences are at odds with one another. That is a recent, stupid and damaging idea.
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Science adjusts its views based on what’s observed.
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I spend so much time hating (my body) but it never says a bad word about me
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If anyone can show me … that there is any reason – other than fear – to believe in any version of an afterlife, I’ll give you my piano, one of my legs, and my wife.
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