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Quotes by Jim Holt - (5 quotes)

Jim Holt - From the Danger category:

You have to have a temperamental attraction to dangerous ideas... (Jim Holt)

Jim Holt - From the Humour category:

Jokes often arise involuntarily, like dreams, and tend to be swiftly forgotten. From these similarities Freud inferred that jokes and dreams share a common origin in the unconscious. Both are essentially means of outwitting our inner 'censor.' (Jim Holt)

Jim Holt - From the Life category:

Having just enough life to enjoy being dead. (Jim Holt)

Jim Holt - From the Questions category:

It has been said that the question, 'Why is there something rather than nothing?' is so profound that it would occur only to a metaphysician, yet so simple that it would occur only to a child. (Jim Holt)

Jim Holt - From the Questions category:

For some, the question is not really a question. It is more an expression of philosophical amazement - a way of saying 'wow' in the face of existence. (Jim Holt)