“The modern State has educated its citizens in a series of ephemeral fads.” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Why do only the awful things become fads? I thought. Eye-rolling and Barbie and bread pudding. Why never chocolate cheesecake or thinking… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
I'm a voracious reader, and I like to explore all sorts of writing without prejudice and without paying any attention to labels,… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
The fad diets that many Americans are on are perfect if you want to be hungry all the time and miserable. — Nathan Pritikin Copy Share Image
My biggest regret is putting my body through fad diets - Atkins, cleanses, the hCG diet. — Jennie Garth Copy Share Image
We cannot pursue a classical and Christian education as a fad. We are not purchasing intellectual hula hoops for the kids. — Douglas Wilson Copy Share Image
Puritanism was an honourable mood; it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I can't wait for the next fad though, and I predict it's going to be Pennsylvania dutch culture, very Amish. It's going… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
The current fad in art, is to shock people or appear 'different'... My goal is to help people find the rays of… — Gary Holland Copy Share Image
The ancients waited for cherry blossoms, grieved when they were gone, and lamented their passing in countless poems. How very ordinary the… — Junichiro Tanizaki Copy Share Image
We have seen over and over that white male historians in general have tended to dismiss any history they didn't themselves write,on… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
I have even seen the writings suggesting that I am playing a deep game, that I am using the present turmoil to… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
European democracy was originally imbued with a sense of Christian responsibility and self-discipline, but these spiritual principles have been gradually losing their… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
In contemporary American culture, the religions are more and more treated as just passing beliefs - almost as fads - rather than… — Stephen L. Carter Copy Share Image
Generally, successful fads have some kind of play value, like the Frisbee, Slinky, Silly Putty, my Wallwalker. They're generally inexpensive items, impulse… — Ken Hakuta Copy Share Image
You have to be willing to put everything you've got towards the project. That to me is very important. And it may… — Haile Gerima Copy Share Image
Hollywood seems to succumb to fads. Well, action films do well. Give me violence. Give me a scene where there's a couple… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
When it comes to horror there's a strange need to analyze. When "evil children" fad happened, there was The Exorcist and The… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
One reason there are so many short-lived management fads is that their prescriptions were derived and advocated in precisely this way. So… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
What color is a chameleon placed on a mirror? ... The chameleon responding to its own shifting image is an apt analog… — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
This is the same problem I have with digital photography. The potential is always remarkable. But the medium never settles. Each year… — Alec Soth Copy Share Image
Since substance is infinite, the universe as a whole, i.e., god, Hegel is telling us that philosophy is knowledge of the infinite,… — Frederick C. Beiser Copy Share Image
“every session I had no fewer than sixteen girls with “allergies” to dairy and wheat—cheese and bread basically—but also to garlic, eggplant,… — Gabrielle Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Even the simplest things had a glorious pointlessness to them. When buttons came in, about 1650, people couldn't get enough of them… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“20 years, we have experienced three unanticipated fads partly precipitated by DSM-IV: a 20-fold increase in Autism Spectrum Disorder,7 a tripling of… — Allen Frances Copy Share Image
Nobody creates a fad. It just happens. People love going along with the idea of a beautiful pig. It’s like a conspiracy. — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
Take your time. Some of these fad diets and quick fixes, they might be quick, but you're going to crash and burn. — Julianne Hough Copy Share Image
Any one of the strange laws we suffer is a compromise between a fad and a vested interest. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
In spite of food fads, fitness programs, and health concerns, we must never lose sight of a beautifully conceived meal. — Julia Child Copy Share Image
We're very good in America at talking about stuff, often stuff to buy. We tend to talk about our iPods. We tend… — Milton Glaser Copy Share Image
It's no longer a fad to be down for the young Black male. Everybody wants to go past. Like the gangster stuff,… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
I don't have a computer. I'm going to wait until that whole fad is over. I was suckered in on the Pet… — Kathleen Madigan Copy Share Image
It's the latest trendy thinking by the Ministry of Justice... Restorative justice is a fad. — Douglas Carswell Copy Share Image
The new fad thing that's going through America and around the world. It's called global warming. — Steve Stockman Copy Share Image
