Isms Quotes · Page 5

I would find myself backing away from all of the 'isms,' all of the communities. I have always been able to be…

— Anthony Braxton

Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must take sides. And the…

— Ruth Benedict

I really appreciate artists of the 20th century, and I can see a lot of their influence on my work, but to…

— Michael Arad

Bin Laden-ism, I don't think, is dead yet. And I think there's a long way to go before we can legitimately say…

— Irshad Manji

Growing up, in church we had the homily; at home it's what I call the 'momily' - the inspirational and instructive mom-isms…

— Christine Pelosi

Western interests: imperialism, colonialism, exploitation, racism, and other negative -isms.

— Malcolm X

The Flapper awoke from her lethargy of sub-deb-ism, bobbed her hair, put on her choicest pair of earrings and a great deal…

— Zelda Fitzgerald

Slumism is the pent-up anger of people living on the outside of affluence. Slumism is decay of structure and deterioration of the…

— Hubert H. Humphrey

If you filter my words through any tradition or '-ism', you will miss altogether what I am saying. The liberating truth is…

— Adyashanti

The problems of financing the universities and their intellectual freedom, threatened by political and bureaucratic interference, are problems which are invariant under…

— Serge Lang

I really didn't say everything I said.

— Yogi Berra

Bill Dickey is learning me his experience.

— Yogi Berra

...the myth of socialism is far stronger than the reality of capitalism. That is because capitalism is not really an ism at…

— Arnold Beichman

Most people we observe who practice self-discovery just get caught up in a new description, a new "ism", a new religion, a…

— Frederick Lenz

I use contrary-ism in every part of my life.

— Tibor Kalman

There are just as many bitches out there as bastards. Equal opportunity asshole-ism.

— Kelley Armstrong

If you don t know where you are, a map won't help.

— Watts Humphrey

[I] educate people to be kinder to each other, and to other life-forms. There has been racism, sexism and now there is…

— Alicia Silverstone

I don't think that any 'ism' is higher than literature or art. So I'm a formalist. I greatly honor and respect the…

— Joyce Carol Oates

It was hard to have a conversation with anyone, there were so many people talking.

— Yogi Berra

I always use my clients' products. This is not toady-ism, but elementary good manners.

— David Ogilvy