Discourse Quotes

298 quotes by 242 authors

Prose-it might be speculated-is discourse; poetry ellipsis. Prose is spoken aloud; poetry overheard. The one is presumably articulate and social, a shared language, the voice… — Joyce Carol Oates
I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient. — Roland Barthes
Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience. — Diogenes
The first duty of a lecturer: to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up between the pages of… — Virginia Woolf
The moment our discourse rises above the ground-line of familiar facts, and is inflamed with passion or exalted thought, it clothes itself in images. A… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
All I say is by way of discourse, and nothing by way of advice. I should not speak so boldly if it were my due… — Michel de Montaigne
For me, graffiti and the complexities with which it is either absorbed or expelled from what is going on, is a really good comparison to… — Richard Phillips
My mother was Irish; she had this great sense of humor, and both my parents loved films. There was a very vibrant discourse about politics… — Martin Donovan
We must protect the very things that make America so special - most certainly including our civil liberties. But we cannot do so without strong… — Mike Pompeo
Wishing to open my mouth, O brethren, and speak on the exalted theme of humility, I am filled with fear, even as a man who… — Isaac of Nineveh
When we put our trust in diplomacy, it is not because it is an inspiring or uplifting discourse or because it helps us see the… — Noah Feldman
The shortcoming of purely political discourse between Christians and Jews arises from the fact that it is largely built upon the perception of a common… — David Novak
Americans should not have to wonder if their government is actively looking to subvert them or their political views. We live in a nation where… — Mike Turner
When the only people in mainstream discourse who care about the working class are Wall Street investors, it really is time to ask where our… — Timothy Noah
Over the course of my career, I have come to accept that some of my more provocative work courts controversy, and as an artist, I… — Terry Richardson
The artificial separation of politics and culture is nowhere more pronounced than in the discourse of foreign policy and international affairs. — Ellen Willis
I am troubled that sometimes in our political discourse we spend all of our time focused on the challenges of the next century rather than… — Marco Rubio
The discourse of the West and the attitudes of its leaders are important because they influence public debate in Turkey. — Safak Pavey
Neoliberalism considers the discourse of equality, justice, and democracy quaint, if not dangerous and must be either trivialized, turned into its Orwellian opposite, or eviscerated… — Henry Giroux
We can no more tolerate neutrality and benevolence toward every conceivable form of discourse, including that of magical thinking, than we can lump together executioner… — Michel Onfray

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