Gadfly Quotes

7 quotes by 6 authors

• I am that gadfly which God has attached to the state, and all day long and in all places am always fastening upon you, arousing… — Socrates
• I'm a chameleon, so changeable. I see myself as a gadfly and a questioner. — Philip Johnson
• Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates invention. It shocks us out of sheep-like passivity, and sets… — John Dewey
• Athens is like a sluggish horse, and I am the gadfly trying to sting it into life. — Jostein Gaarder
• The Saylor Foundation is meant to be a gadfly to encourage Google, Apple, MIT, Harvard, the United States government, and the Chinese government to aggressively… — Michael J. Saylor
• I am a kamikaze gadfly. — Mo Rocca
• Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and… — John Dewey

Who Wrote These Gadfly Quotes

6 authors contributed a total of 7 Gadfly Quotes as follows:

• 2 Gadfly Quotes by John Dewey
• 1 Gadfly Quote by Socrates
• 1 Gadfly Quote by Philip Johnson
• 1 Gadfly Quote by Jostein Gaarder
• 1 Gadfly Quote by Michael J. Saylor
• 1 Gadfly Quote by Mo Rocca