I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient. — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
I loved The Weird (one of the stories in it inspired Blackalley in Discourse). — Paul S. Kemp Copy Share Image
I'm not a journalist; I'm a poet. I had a discourse, an encounter with these people but I never had a list… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
Uncommon expressions are a disfigurement rather than an embellishment of discourse. — David Hume Copy Share Image
The poet's spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on the spiritual freedom that finds itself enslaved on earth. — Salvatore Quasimodo Copy Share Image
“Theological discourse can be, in and of itself, a form of identity and solidarity.” — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
It is a difficult task to talk to the purpose, and to put life and perspicuity into our discourse. — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
Without a rigorous, self-critical discourse, one risks lapsing into pious platitudes and unexamined generalizations. — Stephen Batchelor 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
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
“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
As a visual discourse, architecture requires trained individuals to work on the refined philosophical debates. School gave me the necessary training, and… — Jimenez Lai Copy Share Image
O' thinkest thou we shall ever meet again? I doubt it not; and all these woes shall serve For sweet discourses in… — William Shakespeare 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 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
My argument is limited to saying that a major new medium changes the structure of discourse; it does so by encouraging certain… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
There is in the chemist a form of thought by which all ideas become visible in the mind as strains of an… — Justus von Liebig Copy Share Image
A purpose derived from a false premise - that a deity has ordained submission to his will - cannot merit respect. The… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
Where no interest is takes in science, literature and liberal pursuits, mere facts and insignificant criticisms necessarily become the themes of discourse;… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
“Of course, in television's presentation of the "news of the day," we may see the Now...this" mode of discourse in it's boldest… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
Our culture's tolerance wears thin when religion intrudes on the public discourse... Our schools, courtrooms, and libraries set the tone for the… — Ralph E. Reed, Jr Copy Share Image
Charles Bernstein's pairs of jingles of 'public discourse' are 'simultaneous double narrative / the space between's the other narrative/as if they're opposite.'… — Leslie Scalapino Copy Share Image
To move from a discussion of the early relationship between theatre and television to an examination of the current situation of live… — Philip Auslander Copy Share Image
[Regarding] the soul, I'm a little wary of any discourse on that topic that pretends to have an answer, so I tend… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
It is becoming plain that our liberal regime of equality and personal freedom depends, more than most theorists of liberalism have been… — Mary Ann Glendon Copy Share Image
“The point is that television does not reveal who the best man is. In fact, television makes impossible the determination of who… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
When I look at the Republicans, I am tempted to dismiss them as the Treason Party. Seriously, were a band of traitors… — Neil Steinberg Copy Share Image
“In America, everyone is entitled to an opinion, and it is certainly useful to have a few when a pollster shows up.… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
I wish to put together an imaginary nation. It is my belief that no other nation is possible, or rather, I believe… — Robin Blaser Copy Share Image
Have you ever noticed that the only metaphor we have in our public discourse for solving problems is to declare war on… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The level of discourse in this country is falling to a depth that cannot be sustained. — Martin Frost Copy Share Image
“One says the things which one feels the need to say, and which the other will not understand: one speaks for oneself… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“There is nothing in discourse that is not to be found in a sentence.” — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
We need to regain the art of civil discourse and more practically, I don't think you change anyone's mind by calling them… — Steven Petrow Copy Share Image
The discourse of the West and the attitudes of its leaders are important because they influence public debate in Turkey. — Safak Pavey Copy Share Image
Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive. — George Washington Copy Share Image
If Shakespeare required a word and had not met it in civilized discourse, he unhesitatingly made it up. — Amy Koppelman Copy Share Image
The level of discourse reaching a mailbox simply cannot be limited to that which would be suitable for a sandbox. — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
Atheists have just as much of a right to the public discourse as any ... people of any religious faith in this country. — Al Gore Copy Share Image