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.
TIM MINCHINThere is great wisdom in this… but I would add that opinions differ significantly from arse-holes, in that yours should be constantly and thoroughly examined.
More Tim Minchin Quotes
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Science is awesome. The arts and sciences need to work together to improve how knowledge is communicated.
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Science is not a body of knowledge nor a system of belief.
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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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There are children in Africa, starving to death, and you don’t hear them whinging.
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Isn’t this enough? Just this world? Just THIS?
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Be demonstrative and generous in your praise of those you admire.
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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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Empathy is intuitive, but it is also something you can work on intellectually.
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It’s the fine balance of caffeine and alcohol that bookends my days
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Only a ginger, can call another ginger Ginger.
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You know what they call alternative medicine that’s been proved to work? – Medicine.
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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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You don’t have to be unscientific to make beautiful art or to write beautiful things…
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Once you reject evidence as a source of knowledge, you don’t gotta believe nothin’ you don’t like.
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Science adjusts its views based on what’s observed.
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