Best 52 quotes of Carmine Savastano on MyQuotes

A fine line separates revolutionary ideas from ridiculous ones.

A good way to judge a debate is to note who personally insulted someone first, insults are usually required when pleasing answers do not exist.

A healthy diversity of ideas is more vital than one predicated upon biological differences because all experiences and backgrounds should be equally valued if true diversity is the goal. Diversity is not everyone looking different but thinking the same.

All the beautiful lies in the world do not equal a single ugly truth.

An idea's worth is commensurate to the idea's evidence.

A safe and inclusive society is worthless if a person cannot speak their mind. Censorship and manufactured outrage are the problem and not the solution.

Assume nothing and believe only what you can prove.

Believe what you wish, but prove what you can.

Circumstance makes hypocrites of us all.

Could America go as a united country for Halloween this year?

Don't just change the world, change it for the better

Don't just change the world, make it better.

Flaws do not make you evil but human and if you seek the perfect embodiment of virtue, humans will disappoint you.

Hate is like an uncontrolled fire and if it burns too long, it will consume you.

Have you ever noticed several outspoken people who seem to care about feeling offended do not give a damn about anyone else's feelings or safety?

Heroes do not speak of their bravery, they let their deeds speak for them.

I do not follow politicians on Twitter; if they want to lie to me, it will cost them a stamp.

If our ideas are not evolving with verifiable evidence, they are not reliable ideas.

If we are unwilling to crash, we can never soar.

If you advocate for the censorship of speech that does not expressly incite violence, limit your own vocabulary to a set number of words for one week. Cease to use several common words or phrases you often use and watch as your ability to communicate and think diminish. Now do you still want censorship knowing it is not just the limiting of speech but thought? If you do, you may wish to look inward about why oppressive impulses come so easily when you disagree with others.

In our greatest times of need when a random stranger might be the only hope of survival, all our usual petty judgment of others is rendered into a rightful place of irrelevance.

I think that people mistake ignorance in animals for innocence; a tiger does not know how to use guns but that does not mean with the knowledge it would refrain from doing so.

It is better to die forgotten defending peace than be remembered eternally for inciting war.

It is irrational to assume that you can fault someone because of the color of their skin, no matter what color that may be.

It is not society's responsibility to alter the world to our liking, if we disagree with something then we must figure out a rational way to change it; demanding the world must change to match our desires is a rant not moral bravery.

Never dismiss old people having fun; you will be one of them eventually if you're lucky.

Only flawed ideas require you to believe them despite the evidence.

Our common humanity can bridge any prior expanse of disagreement between us.

Portents of the future are concealed in history.

Public deceptions are another reason to judge people on the merits of the evidence and not their group identity. The word justice does not require a qualifier.

Reasonable compromise is a founding principle upon which America is based. The large states against the small, the Democrats against the Republicans, the conservatives against the liberals, yet the only way for these groups to coexist are reasonable compromises. We are many people of many backgrounds, and often at cross-purposes. It is easy to use hyperbole and call for violence, shaming, harassment, and shunning. It is simple to justify calling those you dislike evil, but difficult to appreciate that which makes them human and find common ground. We destroy that common ground at our peril, because when there is no common ground left, there is no America.

Reasonable compromise is a founding principle upon which America is based. The large states against the small, the Democrats against the Republicans, the conservatives against the liberals, yet the only way for these groups to coexist is reasonable compromise. We are many people of many backgrounds, and often at cross-purposes. It is easy to use hyperbole and call for violence, shaming, harassment, and shunning. It is simple to justify calling those you dislike evil, but difficult to appreciate that which makes them human and find common ground. We destroy that common ground at our peril, because when there is no common ground left, there is no America.

The censors of our age do not yet burn books, they attempt to restrict speech in the name of "offense". The tactics may be different but the desire for control is the same.

The fight for greater equality is not a zero sum game; demonizing all members one group to the advantage of another is not progress but oppression.

The only way to stop the political outrage game is not to play it.

The problem with politicians is they tell people what they wish to hear instead of what they need to.

The problem with politicians is they tell people what they wish to hear instead of what they need to know.

The problem with politics is there are so many good politicians and so few good people.

There are over an estimated trillion galaxies, a septillion stars, and almost innumerable planets and moons, and you think one planet; in one solar system is the most important thing in existence? How very human of you.

The reason why politics is largely unimportant is that so many people you might disagree with have skills to produce all the necessary amenities you need to live. Neither side in any debate is good at everything, and often the most outspoken voices for conflict are good at nothing else.

The world is full of hurtful and offensive things, and notable among the worst is unfair censorship.

Those who cannot bear any offensive speech do not believe in free speech.

Those who question nothing are content with ignorance.

Through adversity comes bitterness or wisdom.

Time well spent is like a whetstone, it sharpens our minds and refines our imperfections.

To achieve fame with cruelty is simple; to achieve it with kindness is rare.

When the uninformed argue with the misinformed, there is no need to choose a side.

Why is civility important? Because civilized society depends upon it.

Why is civility important? Because civilized society depends upon it. That we might coexist by a series of civil exchanges with most if not all people despite varying ideas and feelings. Civil compromises are the only reason dozens of widely varying groups working together made the United States a great power. Those who support progress promote civility; those who oppose it promote harassment and violence, no matter the political affiliation of the person who does so.

You have to be willing to wander in the dark to find a distant light.