“Scepticism is never certain of itself, being less a firm intellectual position than a pose to justify bad behavior.”
“It is easier for most of us to affirm positive behavior than to deal with negative behavior in a positive way.”
“Even intellectuals should have learned by now that objective rationality is not the default position of the human mind, much less the bedrock of human affairs.”
“A collection of rare thoughts is nothing less than a cabinet of intellectual gems”
“Oh I never fake it... I make it a point never to reward bad behavior”
“He ought to buy her a new dress. She would never accept it, of course, but maybe if her current garments were accidentally burned......But how could he manage to burn her dress? She’d have to not be wearing it, and that posed a certain challenge in and of itself...”