Isms Quotes

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With the end of the cold war, all the 'isms' of the 20th century - Fascism, Nazism, Communism and the evil of apartheid-ism - have… — Jack Kemp
My high-school coach Tony Reginelli was kind of famous for 'Reggie-isms,' kind of like 'Yogi-isms.' He always said if you want to be a good… — Peyton Manning
Growing up, in church we had the homily; at home it's what I call the 'momily' - the inspirational and instructive mom-isms that every family… — Christine Pelosi
I also take pleasure in the so-called negative power in Grotjahn's work. That is, I love his paintings for what they are not. Unlike much… — Jerry Saltz
The only â€œismâ€ Hollywood believes in is plagiarism. — Dorothy Parker
For in spite of itself any movement that thinks and acts in terms of an â€˜ism becomes so involved in reaction against other â€˜isms that… — John Dewey
I"m often accused of being irreligious, and I suppose it's for this very reason. Whether it's Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Judaism, or any other… — Erwin McManus
All -isms end up in schisms. — Huston Smith
All 'isms' run out in the end, and good riddance to most of them. Patriotism for example. [...] If in the interest of making sure… — Frederick Buechner
Western interests: imperialism, colonialism, exploitation, racism, and other negative -isms. — Malcolm X
The first thing to understand about nutritionism is that it is not the same thing as nutrition. As the "-ism" suggests, it is not a… — Michael Pollan
The beggarly question of parentage--what is it, after all? What does it matter, when you come to think of it, whether a child is yours… — Thomas Hardy
It's a weakness to apologize before hearing what the other person's grievances are. You don't want to end up creating new grievances where there were… — Gabrielle Zevin
You can cuss out colonialism, imperialism, and all other kinds of ism, but it's hard for you to cuss that dollarism. When they drop those… — Malcolm X
Patriotism. I'm uncomfortable with any word that starts with a pat, ends in an ism and has a riot in the middle. — Ashok K. Banker
There are just as many bitches out there as bastards. Equal opportunity asshole-ism. — Kelley Armstrong
When doctrines divide and "isms" turn human against human, without speech, without silence, let us demonstrate. Let these demonstrations manifest everywhere. Not what we think… — Samuel L. Lewis
With all the other -isms that we deal with, that sort of nameless -ism that we have in too many of our hearts against the… — Benjamin Todd Jealous
My generation's apathy. I'm disgusted with it. I'm disgusted with my own apathy too, for being spineless and not always standing up against racism, sexism… — Kurt Cobain
Gradualism towards prisms of their holy isms and schisms. Lackin' vision these minds makin' life givin' planet livin' a prison. — Deri Isaac

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