Quotes by Jonathan Gottschall

Jonathan Gottschall

Bull riding is probably the most dangerous sport in the world in terms of head injuries.

Riding

Sports

World

Don’t despair for story’s future or turn curmudgeonly over the rise of video games or reality TV. The way we experience story will evolve, but as storytelling animals, we will no more give it up than start walking on all fours.

Animal

Games

Reality

Fighting is really, really rewarding. I truly enjoyed it. I got feelings from fighting that were bigger than those I had experienced in almost any other realm of my life. It made me feel awake in a way that I had never been awake. Those kinds of big emotions and big experiences may come with a heavy price tag.

Feelings

Fighting

Price Tag

I can walk into a gun store in my town and buy military-grade weapons. You’d be shocked by the amount of firepower you can buy – 50 caliber sniper rifles and the same shotguns the Marines carry in Iraq or Afghanistan. It doesn’t matter whether I know how to use these things – I can just walk into a store and buy them.

Gun

Marine

Military

I don’t think people are reacting primarily to the danger of the sport. There are many other activities that are truly dangerous that we have no inclination to ban.

People

Sports

Thinking

I have this little neighbor next door. He comes over and tells me about playing Call of Duty, and he’s talking about, ‘Aw yeah, I slit this guy in the throat and then I stuck a grenade up this guy’s ass.’ He’s describing it in all this detail, and that makes me uncomfortable. I don’t think that’s good for him.

Doors

Playing Games

Thinking

I think that a lot of people who like training with guns are probably drawn to it not only for practical reasons, but also in that same restless quest for physical excellence that draws people to a martial arts dojo.

Art

Gun

Thinking

I think the proper attitude toward fighting sports is one of ambivalence. You can be drawn to them, but you should also be repelled by them.

Attitude

Fighting

Sports

I think what bothers us about fighting sports isn’t the damage to the athlete but the fact that you win by doing more harm to your opponent than he does to you. It just seems ugly.

Athlete

Fighting

Sports

I watch fights and I often feel morally compromised by it. I feel like I’m morally culpable for what’s occurring because I’m the spectator and ultimately footing the bill for the spectacle.

Bills

Fighting

Watches

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House

Hurt

Issues

Keys

Kids

Literary Theory

Lying

Marine

Meaningful

Military

Mind

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Once Upon A Time

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People

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Playing Games

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Price Tag

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Quotes by Jonathan Gottschall

Jonathan Gottschall

Bull riding is probably the most dangerous sport in the world in terms of head injuries.

Don’t despair for story’s future or turn curmudgeonly over the rise of video games or reality TV. The way we experience story will evolve, but as storytelling animals, we will no more give it up than start walking on all fours.

I don’t think people are reacting primarily to the danger of the sport. There are many other activities that are truly dangerous that we have no inclination to ban.

I think that a lot of people who like training with guns are probably drawn to it not only for practical reasons, but also in that same restless quest for physical excellence that draws people to a martial arts dojo.

I think the proper attitude toward fighting sports is one of ambivalence. You can be drawn to them, but you should also be repelled by them.

I think what bothers us about fighting sports isn’t the damage to the athlete but the fact that you win by doing more harm to your opponent than he does to you. It just seems ugly.

I watch fights and I often feel morally compromised by it. I feel like I’m morally culpable for what’s occurring because I’m the spectator and ultimately footing the bill for the spectacle.

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