A Quote by Sam Harris

Compatibilism amounts to nothing more than an assertion of the following creed: A puppet is free as long as he loves his strings.

Sam Harris

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Sam Harris
American - Author
Born: April 9, 1967

From my point of view, compatibilism is a little like saying: a puppet is free so long as it loves its strings.

Sam Harris

A puppet is free as long as he loves his strings.

Sam Harris

Your mortal attachments are like a puppet’s strings," Avari said, both hands clasped casually at his back. "One need only pluck the right cord to make the puppet dance." His smile was almost creepier than his threats. "Dance, reaper!

Rachel Vincent

I’ve carved the puppet, and I manipulate the strings, but while it’s on stage, the show belongs to the puppet.

Guy Davenport

For me the world has always been more of a puppet show. But when one looks behind the curtain and traces the strings upward he finds they terminate in the hands of yet other puppets, themselves with their own strings which trace upward in turn, and so on. In my own life I saw these strings whose origins were endless enact the deaths of great men in violence and madness. Enact the ruin of a nation.

Cormac McCarthy

So then you’re free?’ ‘Yes, I’m free,’ said Karl, and nothing seemed more worthless than his freedom.

Franz Kafka

The Creed of the Assassin Brotherhood teaches us that nothing is forbidden to us. Once, I thought that meant we were free to do as we would. To pursue our ideals, no matter the cost. I understand now. Not a grant of permission. The Creed is a warning.

Arno Hintjens

Nothing is more beautiful in the eyes of God than a soul that loves to hear His Word.

Martin Luther

It really comes down to Mick. He's the one who was constantly trying to get these five people in one room together. This is his love, his baby. It's his band, and there's nothing more he loves to do than get up on stage and play with us.

Christine McVie

There is nothing more shocking than to see assertion and approval dashing ahead of cognition and perception.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Finally, if nothing can be truly asserted, even the following claim would be false, the claim that there is no true assertion.

Aristotle

There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.

Seneca the Younger

We're all puppets, Laurie. I'm just a puppet who can see the strings.

Alan Moore

Everybody loves to receive gifts and free goodies, and often parents are loath to look out for hidden strings attached to corporate freebies.

Sucheta Dalal

Don't ever marry a man who loves his work more than he loves you.

Kristan Higgins

I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to pigeonhole people, and there's nothing an actor loves more than to do something different.

David S. Goyer

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