Daniel Dennett

The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.

Human freedom is not an illusion; it is an objective phenomenon, distinct from all other biological conditions and found in only one species - us.

Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds are a result of our fast evolving culture.

I get a kick out of watching a team defense me. A player moves two steps in one direction and I hit it two steps the other way. It goes right by his glove and I laugh.

I just had an idea that went right over my head.

If you take Darwin's theory and extend it to its logical end, it can be used to justify a number of very horrendous things.