Discourse Quote by Ben Jonson Download Open image “All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome” — Ben Jonson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Discourse Harsh Speech
Where no interest is takes in science, literature and liberal pursuits, mere facts and insignificant criticisms necessarily become the themes of discourse; and minds,… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
As I say, I'm a discourse advocate. What form it comes is less important to me than the fact that there is discourse. — Jim Lehrer Copy Share Image
You have to learn to have discourse with people you don't necessarily agree with. — Charlamagne tha God Copy Share Image
“The difficulties (which other people surely find incredible) I have in speaking to people arise from the fact that my thinking, or rather the… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
All discourse of which others cannot partake is not only an irksome usurpation of the time devoted to pleasure and entertainment, but, what never… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Civilized discourse demands critical thinking, self-reflexiveness, sober-headed analysis. — Daniel Lubetzky Copy Share Image
I was always kind of florid. And full of rhetoric. That was my flaw. My whole time writing, I've had to work against that… — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
My words like eyes that flinch from light, refuse And shut upon obscurity; my acts Cast to their opposites by impatient violence Break up… — Stephen Spender Copy Share Image
Most human things are full of conflict and ambivalence, not ease and simplicity. The world has grown increasingly fundamentalist, and the parameters of discussion… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
“A destructive thought process exists within all of us, and we are plagued to varying degrees by an internal dialogue that is harmful, restrictive,… — Lisa Firestone Copy Share Image
I hate false words, and seek with care, difficulty, and moroseness, those that fit the thing. — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
“Most writers on the emotions and on human conduct seem to be treating rather of matters outside nature than of natural phenomena following nature's… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
Soul of the Age! The applause! delight! the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise; I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser,… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Rich apparel has strange virtues; it makes him that hath it without means esteemed for an excellent wit; he that enjoys it with means… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Each petty hand Can steer a ship becalm'd; but he that will Govern and carry her to her ends, must know His tides, his… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Preaching to the choir actually arms the choir with arguments and elevates the choir's discourse. There's a reason the right does it and does… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
The language we share is at the core of our identity as citizens, and our ticket to full participation in American political life. We… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
The book is not simply the object that one holds in one's hands, and it cannot remain within the little parallelpiped that contains it:… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
It's fine to talk about politics with people you agree with. But it is rude to argue about politics with people you disagree with.… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
There is no question but that nominally religious scientists like Francis Collins and Kenneth R. Miller are doing lasting harm to our discourse by… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
When the only people in mainstream discourse who care about the working class are Wall Street investors, it really is time to ask where… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I am interested in levels of brain discourse. How articulate are the voices in your head? You know, there's a different voice for the… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
What makes power hold good, what makes it accepted, is simply the fact that it doesn't only weigh on us as a force that… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
I've watched politics for years. Republicans rarely get credit for the good things that happen in the economy during their watch. Democrats always get… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters with the… — John O. Brennan Copy Share Image
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