Daniel Dennett Quotes
The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.
Not a single one of the cells that compose you knows who you are, or cares.
Daniel Clement Dennett (2005). “Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness”, p.2, MIT Press
Daniel C. Dennett (2014). “Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meaning of Life”, p.515, Simon and Schuster
"Kinds Of Minds: Toward An Understanding Of Consciousness (Science Masters Series)". Book by Daniel Dennett, June 27, 1996.
I think religion for many people is some sort of moral viagra.
"The Atheism Tapes". BBC Documentary, 2004.
Daniel C. Dennett (2014). “Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meaning of Life”, p.22, Simon and Schuster
Daniel C. Dennett (2006). “Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon”, p.56, Penguin
Daniel C. Dennett (2013). “Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking”, p.339, W. W. Norton & Company
The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them-especially not from yourself.
Daniel C. Dennett (2014). “Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking”, p.22, W. W. Norton & Company
"Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life". Book by Daniel Dennett, 1995.
Daniel C. Dennett (2006). “Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon”, p.50, Penguin
"The Genius of Charles Darwin". TV Series, August 4, 2008 – August 18, 2008.
No matter how smart you are, you're smarter if you take the easy ways when they are available.
Daniel C. Dennett (2014). “Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking”, p.3, W. W. Norton & Company
"Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon". Book by Daniel C. Dennett, 2006.