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.

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.

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

a spontaneous judgement

aim to use intuitions as evidence

The faith religious believers have in God is small compared to the faith people put in politicians, knowing how many times they have been disappointed in the past but still insisting that this time it will be different.

The nature of having ideas and creativity is incredibly inspiring.

We have had to play some mighty tough audiences.

And learn that when you do make a mistake, you'll surface that mistake so you can get it corrected, rather than trying to hide it and bury it, and it becomes a much bigger mistake, and maybe a fatal mistake.

It's frustrating; terrorism is rare and largely ineffectual, yet we regularly magnify the effects of both their successes and failures by terrorizing ourselves.

There are special strange gifted people in the world and they have to be treated with understanding.

A forest - the word dates back to the Norman occupancy, when it meant an area set aside for England's violent new masters to hunt boar and deer - is necessarily larger than a wood. It belonged to the king and was a fit place for his recreation.

Mothers, unless they were very poor, didn't work. Both of my parents had to leave education. My mother had to work in a cotton mill until 18 or 19, when she took some training in domestic science.

My mother and I took over abandoned buildings to sleep in.

The concept of the robot encapsulates both aspects of technology. On one hand it's cool, it's fun, it's healthy, it's sexy, it's stylish. On the other hand it's terrifying, it's alienating, it's addictive, and it's scary. That has been the subject of much science-fiction literature.

In a lot of groups, you can change a musician, and it doesn't mean anything.

I'm not really into weight training.

Guilt is the very nerve of sorrow.

'Fallen Too Far' was my first NYT bestseller. That changed my life.

It's not unusual for socio-economic, even racial or ethnic, groups to cluster.

The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.

The words I use too often are X-rated, something an old man like me shouldn't be talking about anyway.

They were saying, 'Keep this under your hat, but Jack Sparrow's going to die in the second movie.' I went, 'You're kidding me. The fans are going to go berserk.'

Craigslist is not only gigantic in scale and totally resistant to business cooperation, it is also mostly free.

My mom doesn't get the whole gay thing, but she loves me.

The casinos brought lots of revenue and jobs to our community. We've seen lots of benefits from those tax dollars.

Because we are now running out of gas and oil, we must prepare quickly for a third change, to strict conservation and to the use of... permanent renewable energy sources, like solar power.

I was really lucky to grow up in an extremely diverse neighborhood.

Dont grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.