I'm a chameleon, so changeable. I see myself as a gadfly and a questioner. — Philip Johnson Copy Share Image
Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates invention. It shocks us out of sheep-like… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Seeing clearly within himself and always able to dodge around the ends of any position, including his own, Shaw assumed from the… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“...it’s just another one of those things I don’t understand: everyone impresses upon you how unique you are, encouraging you to cultivate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm noticing an exciting trend around the country: a resurgence of interest in Christian apologetics (the defense of the faith). This is… — Lee Strobel Copy Share Image
I don't think writers should be convenient examples. I don't think we should make people feel settled. I don't try to be… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
In Plato's republic, poets were considered subversive, a danger to the republic. I kind of relish that role. So I see my… — Lawrence Ferlinghetti Copy Share Image
So Socrates was a kind of gadfly. He was a sort of philosophical urban gorilla hanging around in the middle of Athens,… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
Athens is like a sluggish horse, and I am the gadfly trying to sting it into life. — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
I am that gadfly which God has attached to the state, and all day long and in all places am always fastening… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent or self-satisfied;… — Abraham Flexner Copy Share Image
Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Give a bull grass, sweet water and a willing heifer and he is happy. But a man is never content. If no… — Alison Fell Copy Share Image
“Errors do not cease to be errors simply because they’re ratified into law.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent. — Abraham Flexner Copy Share Image
