Discourse Quotes

298 Discourse quotes by 242 unique authors

While believing strongly, without evidence, is considered a mark of madness or stupidity in any other area of our lives, faith in God still holds… — Sam Harris
The lover`s discourse was of an extreme solitude. The solitude was extreme because it wasn`t physical. It was extreme because you felt it while in… — Jeffrey Eugenides
Education may well be, as of right, the instrument whereby every individual, in a society like our own, can gain access to any kind of… — Michel Foucault
A desire for privacy does not imply shameful secrets; Moglen argues, again and again, that without anonymity in discourse, free speech is impossible, and hence… — Nick Harkaway
The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined discourse. Familiarity creates a new… — Alain de Botton
Is it that they think it a duty to be continually talking,' pursued she: 'and so never pause to think, but fill up with aimless… — Anne Bronte
To glorify democracy and to silence the people is a farce; to discourse on humanism and to negate people is a lie. — Paulo Freire
There is not one but many silences, and they are an integral part of the strategies that underlie and permeate discourses. — Michel Foucault
One who ”knows,” knows there is no need to discourse; knowing is enough — Rajneesh
When a natural discourse paints a passion or an effect, one feels within oneself the truth of what one reads, which was there before, although… — Blaise Pascal
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

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