a revival of the use of intuitions was prompted by Chomsky’s linguistics

could be said for observation Intuitions are not wholly reliable, but also in the fact that we know so little about them

intuition is an expression of tacit knowledge.

intuition’s primary role is to understand or apprehend the salient features of a case – in the form of a judgement – and a secondary (indirect) role as evidence for or against philosophical theories.

a spontaneous judgement

aim to use intuitions as evidence

I'm gaining weight the right way: I'm drinking beer.

I have a hard problem, being some part Native American - being a Christian: do you get burned, do you get cremated, do you get - let the sharks eat you? How do you die?

Patriotism is the secret resource of a successful society.

I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida.

With wok cooking, you chop things up into little pieces for maximum surface area, so they can cook in minutes, if not seconds. Sauteing is energy efficient; baking is not.

When you're winning games, everyone thinks everything the manager says and does is fantastic. Then it goes the other way, and those earlier criticisms of players can backfire.

Basically, we are a whole world of people desperately trying to figure out what is the dark side of our natures and how much can we explore without becoming something else.

The only thing that permits human beings to collaborate with one another in a truly open-ended way is their willingness to have their beliefs modified by new facts. Only openness to evidence and argument will secure a common world for us.

Community cannot for long feed on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscovered brothers.

I enjoy music that is commercial. I think that in order for music to be heard in a lot of different situations, you have to always consider that. Commercial music, for the most part, is popular music, and you always have to keep that in mind. It's not so much financial as making sure it gets the shot and is heard on the radio.

One of things I'd love to do one day is a Shakespeare with Trevor Nunn. I've done musicals with him, but never Shakespeare. There's no one better.

The body must be nourished, physically, emotionally and spiritually. We're spiritually starved in this culture not underfed but undernourished.

We live in an information and knowledge-based economy.

Knowledge is knowing tomato is a fruit wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

If intelligence is the triumph of life, the spoken word is the marvellous means by which this intelligence is manifested.

The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is so we might listen more and talk less.

Really, we're just taking people and shifting them from taking photos anyway to taking them on 'Instagram'.

Our obligation is to refuse to let bad win, to refuse to let evil hold the field.

I feel very lucky that when I'm burnt out of acting, I take to the pen, and I write something I want to direct. And then, when I'm tired of taking on too much responsibility as a director, I then look for an acting gig. And I've made it very clear that I'm interested in voiceover work. I mean, I'm always looking for voiceover gigs. I love that.

Human beings, viewed as behaving systems, are quite simple. The apparent complexity of our behavior over time is largely a reflection of the complexity of the environment in which we find ourselves.

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

Georgia is in an enviable position today, but we can't rest on our laurels.

I think war is so incredibly backward, and I don't think it's intelligent, and it's not sane. So why would you want to support it?

My first experiences of Colorado travel have been rather severe. At Greeley, I got a small upstairs room at first, but gave it up to a married couple with a child, and then had one downstairs no bigger than a cabin, with only a canvas partition. It was very hot, and every place was thick with black flies.