There is no policy too sensitive to question, and no subject so taboo that you cannot even mention it. — Lee Hsien Loong Copy Share Image
In common with other artists the photographer wants his finished print to convey to others his own response to his subject. In… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
I want to break the taboo against questioning this drive for maximum longevity. — Katy Butler Copy Share Image
“How can we pick and choose which parts of the Bible to follow? One thing is God’s will and another is just… — Trevor D. Richardson Copy Share Image
Democracy is grounded upon so childish a complex of fallacies that they must be protected by a rigid system of taboos, else… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was desperate really for people not to accuse me of coldness. It was taboo. — Thomas Dolby Copy Share Image
Hindus and Westerners alike see in the meat-eating taboos of India a triumph of morals over appetite. This is a dangerous misrepresentation… — Marvin Harris Copy Share Image
15 or 20 years ago it would not have been possible for me to come out. Back then, people still had such… — Orlando Cruz Copy Share Image
The most strongly enforced of all known taboos is the taboo against knowing who or what you really are behind the mask… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
The secular argument, or the liberal argument, is to as much as possible remove taboos so things do not become unmentionable; to… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“I am not sure if we are numbed to the reality of rape, but here's the sad irony. While the word rape… — Christine Stockton Copy Share Image
There was a taboo as a result of the Holocaust that people respected that anti-Semitism was an ugly thing and should be… — Steven T. Katz Copy Share Image
I think if we can't use the word feminist, if it's some kind of taboo or dirty word, or means you're ugly,… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
“The vows are simple, the same kind of pledges I've heard at weddings of every faith. Except at the end, there is… — Samira Ahmed Copy Share Image
My experience of my father's death was that it was still taboo; nobody would meet me after my father died because they… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
What happened during the previews of 'Taboo' [musical] was that it was the first time I'd ever been written about as a… — Boy George Copy Share Image
Because I'm a performer I can justify and sometimes sell the things about me that offend and shock the conventional world. I… — Elizabeth Ashley Copy Share Image
The only ‘realistic’ prospect is to ground a new political universality by opting for the impossible, fully assuming the place of the… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
In villages across the developing world, governments have provided reasonable enough latrines that have again and again been turned into storage spaces… — Rose George Copy Share Image
I don't think the idea of homosexuality is really taboo any more. Our culture is evolving. This is an exciting time to… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
I lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I'm home drunk again. — George Jones Copy Share Image
Customs, morals — is there a difference? Woman, do you realize what you are doing? Here, by the grace of God and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Money and sex are forces too unruly for our reason; they can only be controlled by taboos which we tamper with at… — Logan Pearsall Smith Copy Share Image