Money and sex are forces too unruly for our reason; they can only be controlled by taboos with which we tamper at… — Logan Pearsall Smith Copy Share Image
Nothing is further from the truth than the claim that the American soul is 'open-minded' and unbiased; on the contrary, it is… — Julius Evola Copy Share Image
I've never been critically acclaimed. I've never been nominated for no Grammy. I've never been on no magazine cover. It's almost taboo… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
The kind of group mentality that we had lived under since the Second World War is starting to erupt, and the craving… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
The trickster's function is to break taboos, create mischief, stir things up. In the end, the trickster gives people what they really… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
I don't believe in nudity for nudity's sake, but it's really beautiful when it's done well, when it's within a story. I'm… — Leonor Varela Copy Share Image
Intolerance, discourtesy and harshness… are taboo in all good society and are surely contrary to the spirit of democracy. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Nobody in the society will talk about menstruation... it's a taboo in my country. That's why I'm branded by society as a… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share Image
I talk about race a lot. It's been my work ever since I came out of acting school. But it's true that… — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
I think she is going to find you too old... Yes that was it, the moment she said it I knew it… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
When I played football was somewhat taboo for a girl. Today it's not as much of a problem. Not all girls want… — Hope Powell Copy Share Image
The eurozone status quo is neither tolerable nor stable. Mainstream economists would call it an inferior equilibrium; I call it a nightmare… — George Soros 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
There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
“Stigma's power lies in silence. The silence that persists when discussion and action should be taking place. The silence one imposes on… — M.B. Dallocchio Copy Share Image
Western society has accepted as unquestionable a technological imperative that is quite as arbitrary as the most primitive taboo: not merely the… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
Storytelling is our oldest form of remembering the promises we have made to one another and to our various gods, and the… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
What I find interesting is working in a society with certain taboos and fashion photography is about that kind of society. To… — Helmut Newton Copy Share Image
Unconventionality is no longer a taboo. It is being applauded and celebrated by both the classes and the masses. — Sherlyn Chopra Copy Share Image
They call him the Streak, he likes to turn the other cheek. He's always making the news, wearing just his tennis shoes. — Ray Stevens Copy Share Image
There are no taboos. Every topic is open, however shocking. It is the way that the topics are handled that's important, and… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
Sexuality in girls isn't explored as much as it should be. Everyone gets freaked out - it's quite a taboo thing for… — Maisie Williams Copy Share Image
If you believe in your own sex, and won't have it done dirt to: they'll down you. It's the one insane taboo… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
When women break that taboo and they're not afraid to drive that car by herself - that's it. Now she has the… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
I can understand why some people might look at me and say, 'What's she got to be depressed about?' I get that… — Natalie Imbruglia 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
Feeling is taboo, especially in New York. I read in some little magazine the other day that The New Yorker and The… — James Purdy Copy Share Image
[Taboo] has been exactly the same as working with the BBC in that creatively they do that precious thing which is to… — Steven Knight 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
Civilized people can talk about anything. For them no subject is taboo… In civilized societies there will be no intellectual bogeys at… — Clive Bell Copy Share Image
I was always intrigued by the idea of bringing things together that are considered taboo or risque and bringing them together with… — Dita Von Teese Copy Share Image
Photographers never want to talk about the fact that they may well be in decline. It's the greatest taboo subject of all. — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
When I was 12, I used to dress as a woman in the house. At the time, cross-dressing was a big taboo… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
Somebody must trespass on the taboos of modern nationalism, in the interests of human reason. Business can't. Diplomacy won't. It has to… — Robert Byron Copy Share Image
“We would not be ashamed of doing some of the things we do in private, if the number of sane human beings… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Never break a taboo because you want to be the one to break it. Break it because you want to see what… — Douglas Watson Copy Share Image
Some of the old laws of Israel are clearly savage taboos of a familiar type thinly disguised as commands of the Deity. — James G. Frazer Copy Share Image
money is a more taboo subject than sex. If you don't believe me, think about this: you have friends who tell you… — Patricia King Copy Share Image
Some people have a taboo about doing advertising in the States. You know, where they kind of make their bread and butter.… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. It is also a… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image