a spontaneous judgement

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

aim to use intuitions as evidence

And I don't like books which are full of name dropping.

One of the things that Teller and I are obsessed with, one of the reasons that we're in magic, is the difference between fantasy and reality.

I think I've become the go-to mustache man. It works in period pieces. Modern-day mustaches are probably creepy. But I get compliments - everyone's like, 'Wow, love the 'stache, dude.'

I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.

After you ride a roller coaster that's been going up for a year and a half, and you reach the pinnacle and then dive straight down with no gradual decline, it's a little disorienting. I didn't know how to take losing.

Choose your corner, pick away at it carefully, intensely and to the best of your ability and that way you might change the world.

Sociology is thescience of talk, and there is onlyone law in sociology. Bad talk drives out good.

I believe that Britain is becoming more class-conscious, and I quake at the very idea of Old Etonians ruling the world again.

The relationship between the Jews and Arabs is necessary to help build a bridge between Israelis and Palestinians.

I work in film, TV, commercials and do live PR stunts for companies. A lot of my time is spent reading scripts and looking at designing sequences, speaking to directors and producers about how they want the sequences to look, how they will work and budgeting those stunts.

If you constantly pound your muscles, they'll never have time to repair.

I'm completely hooked on polo.

I love to visit the comic shops, and I don't want to call myself a 'foodie,' because that word is just stupid, but I love diner food, and I'm a hardcore fan of 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.'

I used to think information was destroyed in black hole. This was my biggest blunder, or at least my biggest blunder in science.

Red lips are not so red as the stained stones kissed by the English dead.

A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.

The longer our graduation lines are today, the shorter our unemployment lines will be tomorrow.

We all have to make choices in life.

I love spicy food.

Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!

I was fired by 'America's Next Top Model' on my birthday.

A man of quality is never threatened by a woman of equality.

I'm proud of my relationship with 'Star Trek'! 'Star Trek' is a show that I am philosophically compatible with.

Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.