Mine are George Carlin and James Randi.
2007-11-09 13:10:53 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Cicero, Abraham Lincoln, and J.R.R. Tolkien. It's been those three, and only those three, since I was 17 years old.
Cicero because he proved that the pen was mightier than the sword. He was the greatest intellectual in the history of the world, I think, and I based my life's work off of the ideals he made a reality.
Lincoln because he was a sickly, manic-depressive man who had incomparable ambition, and he knew that he was no better than anyone else, and sought to make others understand that.
Tolkien because instead of devoting his life to a world which was dying fast, he created a world of his own, to show the people by example how they were leading themselves astray. Also, he and I were born in the same city. :)
2007-11-09 13:18:30 · answer #1 · answered by Kemp the Mad African 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mark Twain, George Carlin, Carl Sagan and R&S's own jim_darwin or whatever his handle is these days. Also wrathpuppet, gone but not forgotten.
2007-11-09 13:34:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury and Elvis Costello.
2007-11-09 23:19:57 · answer #3 · answered by CrankyYankee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Marx, James Joyce, Lenin, Joe Strummer.
The theorist, the writer, the revolutionary and the musician.
2007-11-09 13:14:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Carl Sagan
2007-11-09 13:14:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
No one you would know. My heroes are a couple I met who live in Ecuador and are working to reclaim cloud forest from cattle pasture. They live without electricity or a car. They walk miles to get anywhere. They grow their own food and live a beautiful simple life. Their hard work is paying off.
2007-11-09 13:19:10 · answer #6 · answered by in a handbasket 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm an agnostic, but my heroes are Gandhi, MLK, Aung San Suu Kyi, Mandela, and anyone else who utilized nonviolence to change the world.
2007-11-09 13:14:28 · answer #7 · answered by Convictionist 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Carl Sagan.
2007-11-09 13:30:13 · answer #8 · answered by punch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Einstein, Isaac Newton, Hawing, somewhat of Dawkins, Galileo, Kepler, and everyone who has looked up at the night sky, and wondered, what is the universal truth?
2007-11-09 13:18:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
i love the opinions of chirstopher hitchens, sam harris and richard dawkins but that's probably because i share their opinion. I also think sam harris is sexy. Otherwise, I like these guys because they are willing to think for themselves and stand out in the crowd. I love it when people hold unpopular opinions and are not afraid to state it despite risking isolation, getting ostracized and being unpopular. Those are the people who end up being the leaders of change in our society
2007-11-09 13:17:32 · answer #10 · answered by uz 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋