Other Quotes (page 593)
![Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what..."](/pic/242732/600x316/quotation-arthur-schopenhauer-what-a-man-is-contributes-much-more-to-his.jpg)
![Sarah Silverman quote: "I was going to get an abortion the other day. I totally wanted..."](/pic/242672/600x316/quotation-sarah-silverman-i-was-going-to-get-an-abortion-the-other-day-i.jpg)
In an ideal world the scientist should find a method to prevent the most severe forms of autism but allow the milder forms to survive. After all, the really social people did not invent the first stone spear. It was probably invented by an Aspie who chipped away at rocks while the other people socialized around the campfire. Without autism traits we might still be living in caves.
Temple Grandin
The women all had big minds because they were big animals, but they didn't use them for this reason: unusual ideas could make enemies and the women, if they were going to achieve any sort of comfort and safety, needed all the friends they could get. So, in the interest of survival they trained themselves to be agreeing machines. All their minds had to do was to discover what other people were thinking and then they thought it too.
Kurt Vonnegut
![J. K. Rowling quote: "Neither can live while the other survives, and one of us is..."](/pic/242399/600x316/quotation-j-k-rowling-neither-can-live-while-the-other-survives-and-one.jpg)
![Jeanette Winterson quote: "When I say 'I will be true to you' I am drawing a quiet space..."](/pic/242397/600x316/quotation-jeanette-winterson-when-i-say-i-will-be-true-to-you-i-am.jpg)