Dominant Quotes

377 Dominant quotes by 317 unique authors

To speak seriously: the standards of "goodness" which are generally recognized by public opinion are not those which are calculated to make the world a… — Bertrand Russell
There had been a popular joke on Freedom, started by a man named Calder. Looking down from space, he had said, the dominant life forms… — Larry Niven
You do know you could find yourself charged with being a dominant species while under the influence of impulse-driven consumerism, don't you? — Terry Pratchett
The more he identifies with the dominant images of need, the less he understands his own life and his own desires. The spectacleâ€™s estrangement from… — Guy Debord
In my experience, self-hatred is the dominant malaise crippling Christians and stifling their growth in the Holy Spirit. — Brennan Manning
Women - why aren't you running the world yet? Frankly I'm disappointed in you. Men are still far too dominant for their own good, and… — Charlie Brooker
We are so used to the notion of our own inevitability as life's dominant species that it is hard to grasp that we are here… — Bill Bryson
A dominant wolf's desire to protect was a strong instinct- Samuel was very dominant. Give him an inch, and he's take over the world- my… — Patricia Briggs
Your average witch is not, by nature, a social animal as far as other witches are concerned. There's a conflict of dominant personalities. There's a… — Terry Pratchett
Bound to seek recognition of its own existence in categories, terms, and names that are not of its own making, the subject seeks the sign… — Judith Butler
Life in the world... was nothing more than a system of atavistic contracts, banal ceremonies, preordained words, with which people entertained each other in society… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
what a horrible loutish planet this is. the dominant species consists of sadistic morons, faces bearing the hideous lineaments of spiritual famine swollen with stupid… — William S. Burroughs
â€ŽA general State education is a mere contrivance for moulding people to be exactly like one another; and as the mould in which it casts… — John Stuart Mill
I never came across anyone in whom the moral sense was dominant who was not heartless, cruel, vindictive, log-stupid, and entirely lacking in the smallest… — Oscar Wilde
The various forms of education or â€˜normalizationâ€™ imposed upon an individual consist in making him or her change points of subjectification, always moving towards a… — Gilles Deleuze
I donâ€™t understand all the nuances of the womenâ€™s movement. But I do understand that there are feminists who want to challenge the dominant paradigm,… — Winona LaDuke
The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e. the class which is the ruling material force of society, is… — Karl Marx
See you just donâ€™t understand women the way I do J.D. They want it all: a career apple martinis financial independence great shoes but at… — Julie James
The power of a bold idea uttered publicly in defiance of dominant opinion cannot be easily measured. Those special people who speak out in such… — Howard Zinn
The increasing tendency towards seeing people in terms of one dominant â€˜identityâ€™ (â€˜this is your duty as an Americanâ€™, â€˜you must commit these acts as… — Amartya Sen

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