“this observation leads Rozin to a stunning conclusion: "Disgust is the basic emotion of civilization.”

“The psychologist, Paul Rozin, an expert on disgust, observed that a single cockroach will completely wreck the appeal of a bowl of cherries, but a cherry will do nothing at all for a bowl of cockroaches.”

“I was stunned to see that he looked stunned himself, which was an exorbitant display of emotion for Barrons.”

“Observation: I can't see a thing. Conclusion: Dinosaurs.”

“At this stage you must admit that whatever is seen to be sentient is nevertheless composed of atoms that are insentient. The phenomena open to our observation do not contradict this conclusion or conflict with it. Rather they lead us by the hand and compel us to believe that the animate is born, as I maintain, of the insentient”

“Follow the evidence to where it leads, even if the conclusion is uncomfortable.”