“ ‘Reasoning doesn’t have this function of helping us to get better beliefs and make better decisions,’ said Hugo Mercier, who is a co-author of the journal article, with Dan Sperber. ‘It was a purely social phenomenon. It evolved to help us convince others and to be careful when others try to convince us.’ Truth and accuracy were beside the point.”

“Just as youth is wasted on the young, money is wasted on the rich.”

“If you look at how the federal government spends our money, it’s an insurance conglomerate protected by a large, standing army.”

“Come, let us pity those who are better off than we are.Come, my friend, and remember that the rich have butlers and no friends,And we have friends and no butlers.(excerpt from 'The Garrett')”

“Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.”

“Emotions make us human. Denying them makes us beasts.”

“Nothing existed outside ourselves and school. For us, the world of politics, social revolution, the war in Vietnam never happened.”