Obscenity Quotes

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Sex and obscenity are not synonymous. Obscene material is material which deals with sex in a manner appealing to prurient interest. — William J. Brennan
Politicians must set their aims for the high ground and according to our various leanings, Democratic, Republican, Independent, we will follow. Politicians must be told… — Maya Angelou
War over water would be an ultimate obscenity. And yet, unfortunately it is conceivable... Water has been a source over so many years of erosion… — Queen Noor of Jordan
That which attempts to elevate the ugly to the level of beauty becomes neither; but an obscenity. — John Donne
Parents, just keep in mind that kids will always round off to the nearest obscenity.. — Ray Romano
Obscenity is our name for the uneasiness which upsets the physical state associated with self-possession, with the possession of a recognized and stable individuality. — Georges Bataille
Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity - these are strictly confined to man; he invented them. Among the higher animals there is no trace of them. They hide… — Mark Twain
I don't want a moratorium on the death penalty. I want the abolition of it. I can't understand why a country [USA] that's so committed… — Desmond Tutu
I am passionately opposed to the death penalty for anyone . . . I think, myself, that it is an obscenity . . . — Desmond Tutu
Obscenity is not a quality inherent in a book or picture, but is solely and exclusively a contribution of the reading mind, and hence cannot… — Theodore Schroeder
The violence and obscenity are left unadulterated, as manifestation of the mystery and pain which ever accompanies the act of creation. — Anais Nin
The problem is that censors create the concept of obscenity. By supposedly trying to protect us they form an absurd concept of what is obscene. — Catherine Breillat
Obscenity is a notable enhancer of life and is suppressed at grave peril to the arts. — Brendan Gill
Obscenity is a moral concept in the verbal arsenal of the establishment, which abuses the term by applying it, not to expressions of its own… — Herbert Marcuse
Of all the strange 'crimes' that human beings have legislated out of nothing, 'blasphemy' is the most amazing -- with 'obscenity' and 'indecent exposure' fighting… — Robert A. Heinlein
The definition of obscenity on the newsstands should be extended to many hunting magazines. — Wayne Pacelle
In Spain in the meantime, Aristotelian scholar Juan Gines de Sepulveda was putting the impolitic moralizing of Las Casas into proper perspective for posterity: "Compare… — Juan Gines de Sepulveda
The writer has a grudge against society, which he documents with accounts of unsatisfying sex, unrealized ambition, unmitigated loneliness, and a sense of local and… — Renata Adler
Obscenities are too often used for shock value, as a kind of shorthand for real expression of emotion. You've got to scale down your monstrosities.… — John L'Heureux
The obscurity, incredibility and obscenity, so conspicuous in many parts of it, would justly condemn the works of a modern writer. It contains a mixture… — Elihu Palmer

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