I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.

Some ideas are so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them

-George Orwell

I call myself a cultural Christian. I’m not a believer, but there’s a distinction between being a believing Christian and being a cultural Christian. I love hymns and Christmas carols, and I sort of feel at home in the Christian ethos

-Richard Dawkins

Art takes the trauma and allows you to compartmentalize or even transmute that pain into something else

– Neko Case

Its not a war crime, the first time…

– Nation of Canada, who inspired many Geneva convention laws

Academia values the appearance of truth over actual truth

– Aaron Brown

Every single person who confuses correlation and causation ends up dying

– Unknown

Rentier

A Rentier is someone who lives off income from investments, particularly from renting land or property. This term was historically used to describe members of the landed gentry who derived a significant portion of their income from rents collected on their estates.

Everyone Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Face

– Mike Tyson

I know the resurrection is a fact, and Watergate proved it to me. How? Because 12 men testified they had seen Jesus raised from the dead, then they proclaimed that truth for 40 years, never once denying it. Every one was beaten, tortured, stoned and put in prison. They would not have endured that if it weren’t true. Watergate embroiled 12 of the most powerful men in the world-and they couldn’t keep a lie for three weeks. You’re telling me 12 apostles could keep a lie for 40 years? Absolutely impossible.

– Charles Colson, Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon