I rarely speak about God. To God yes. I protest against Him. I shout at Him. But open discourse about the qualities… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Of our thinking it is but the upper surface that we shape into articulate thought; underneath the region of argument and conscious… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
I'd like to see much more understanding of emotional issues around hurt, abandonment, disappointment, longing, failure and shame, where they stem from… — Susie Orbach Copy Share Image
Neoliberalism considers the discourse of equality, justice, and democracy quaint, if not dangerous and must be either trivialized, turned into its Orwellian… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Allow me to introduce myself. I am a traitor and an idiot. Also, my mother should have aborted me and left me… — Kathleen Parker Copy Share Image
Political discourse has been reduced to "Where's the beef?" "Read my lips," and "Make my day." Where are the assassins when we… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
And all these questions I ask myself. It is not in a spirit of curiosity. I cannot be silent. About myself I… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
Life is wild by definition. And organic existence is violent. Though I find this hard to accept. And I know it goes… — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
A tiny portion of the population controls the lions share of the wealth and most of the command positions of state, manufacturing,… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
The line-by-line, sequential, continuous form of the printed page slowly began to lose its resonance as a metaphor of how knowledge was… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
We are being at once wisely aware of our own frivolity if we avoid hitting and whacking and prefer 'striking' and 'smiting';… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special,… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
I have been lately introduced to the famous Thomas Paine, and like him very well. He is vain beyond all belief, but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Once infected, the individual [infected with a god virus] cannot detect major contradictions in his beliefs and behavior. Belief systems become self-evident… — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
The language we share is at the core of our identity as citizens, and our ticket to full participation in American political… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
The small amount of people that control the discourse around painting - I thought that the whole museum world was just a… — Fred Tomaselli Copy Share Image
“I see my discourse leaves you cold; Dear kids, I do not take offense; Recall: the Devil, he is old, Grow old… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today's political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship. — Olympia Snowe Copy Share Image
A truly great university is a nucleus of artistic expression. It fosters creative, critical thought, and serves as a platform for civil… — Gordon Gee Copy Share Image
Ideas, aspirations, and objectives that, by their content, transcend the established universe of discourse and action are either repelled or reduced to… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
A critical discourse that had respect for the mystery of art would look to the sense of life which finds expression in… — Denis Donoghue Copy Share Image
“Whether the vessel is a legal document or a rap song, language is often chosen ot exclude. To use a scholarly phrase,… — Roy Peter Clark Copy Share Image
There are hardly any truths upon which we always remain agreed, and still fewer objects of pleasure which we do not change… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
I'm not shy about heated debate or passionate discourse, but when people get crazy or rude, that's a buzz kill. There's got… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
Every leader, and every regime, and every movement, and every organization that steps across the line to terrorism must be banished from… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
Preaching to the choir actually arms the choir with arguments and elevates the choir's discourse. There's a reason the right does it… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
I actually felt diminished by watching [Donald Trump's]. If this is what discourse has become in America, who even wants to know… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Rhetoric in serious discourses is like the flowers in corn; pleasing to those who come only for amusement, but prejudicial to him… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I wish to note that the level of discourse in Nigeria is abysmally low, and, usually, garnished with character assassination. We allow… — Dele Momodu Copy Share Image
Americans should not have to wonder if their government is actively looking to subvert them or their political views. We live in… — Mike Turner Copy Share Image
In the first instance, performativity must be understood not as a singular or deliberate ‘act,’ but, rather, as the reiterative and citational… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
In 1949, China declared independence - an event known in Western discourse as 'the loss of China' in the U.S. - with… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
But ultimately what I was impressed by during my years in government was how much the intellectual climate and the prevailing intellectual… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
If you look at the discourse before the revolution, whether it is the left communist, whether it is the right secularist...the entirety… — Akbar Ganji Copy Share Image
There is a lot of noise and conflict in our political discourse, which is fun to cover, but I'm convinced from my… — John King Copy Share Image
For example, it's often forgotten that [Albert ] Camus was extremely hostile [farouche] towards the [Francisco] Franco regime, and right to the… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
What should we speak of When we are old as you? when we shall hear The rain and wind beat dark December?… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Racism is a moral catastrophe, most graphically seen in the prison industrial complex and targeted police surveillance in black and brown ghettos… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I love discourse. I'm dying to have my mind changed. I'm probably the only liberal who read Treason, by Ann Coulter. I… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
One should turn towards the main ocean of the-beautiful-in-the-world so that one may by, contemplation of this Form, bring forth in all… — Plato Copy Share Image
![“Once infected, the individual [infected with a god virus] cannot detect major contradictions in his beliefs and behavior. Belief systems become self-evident to him, and no amount of logical discourse will move him from his belief. If a Mormon and Catholic were to debate the merits of their…” quote by Darrel Ray](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6f5/darrel-ray-22623_amount_once-infected-the-individual-infected-wi_2321585.jpg)
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