Censors Quotes

46 quotes by 43 authors

As I speak to you today, government censors somewhere are working furiously to erase my words from the records of history. But history itself has… — Hillary Clinton
Cats, as a class, have never completely got over the snootiness caused by the fact that in ancient Egypt they were worshipped as gods. This… — P.G. Wodehouse
Censors tend to do what only psychotics do: they confuse reality with illusion. — David I. Rozenberg
All these people talk so eloquently about getting back to good old-fashioned values. Well, as an old poop I can remember back to when we… — Kurt Vonnegut
I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them. Censors only read… — Robertson Davies
I've done Graham Norton's show three times now. He tackles taboos and subject matter that wouldn't make it past the censors in the States — Kyle MacLachlan
The problem is that censors create the concept of obscenity. By supposedly trying to protect us they form an absurd concept of what is obscene. — Catherine Breillat
I used to think feminism was a liberating force - now I see many of those people are just censors under a different name. — Lydia Lunch
The worst censors are those prohibiting criticism of the theory of evolution in the classroom. — Phyllis Schlafly
London's Windmill Theater grew famous for its nude tableaux. During the 1940 and 1950, this theater overcame the objections of censors by agreeing that none… — Lynda Bellingham
Advertisers, not governments, are the primary censors of media content in the United States today. — C. Edwin Baker
I got a cable from New York saying that what I'd written about the growth of Soviet agricultural production didn't make sense because the same… — Harrison Salisbury
The copy of an ad is merely a punning gag to distract the critical faculties while the image of the product goes to work on… — Marshall McLuhan
Americans are tired of the games and the lies of today's media. They want the truth. Imagine this. No censors, no barricades, no statists. We… — Ron Paul
Censors are energetic and righteous people but they just couldn't work a room like Abbe Lane. — Audrey Meadows
"Cynicism," like "heresy" and "heterodoxy" and "atheism" and "agnosticism" and "paganism" and "heathenism," is above all else a way for organized orthodoxy's caste of official… — Kenny Smith
There's only one thing to say to the censors: Shut up. — Chris Crutcher
A lot of my movies were completely destroyed by the censors, who can be pretty arbitrary. They're not completely fair with how they treat one… — Amy Heckerling
Kids are naturally inventive and curious and creative, but most adults have had that beaten out of them. Writing is a form of play; you… — Monica Ali
I have a very serious censorship office inside my head; it censors things that I could tell you that you would never forget, and I… — Alan Furst

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