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Significant Quotes by Noam Chomsky
- Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
- The 'anti-globalisation movement' is the most significant proponent of globalisation - but in the interests of people, not concentrations of state-private power.
- The person who wins the Nobel Prize is not the person who read the most journal articles and took the most notes on them. It's…
- The polls show that concern over inequality among the general public rose pretty sharply after the Occupy movement started, very probably as a consequence. And…
- From the 1970s, there has been a significant change in the U.S. economy, as planners, private and state, shifted it toward financialization and the offshoring…
- There is no body of theory or significant body of relevant information, beyond the comprehension of the layman, which makes policy immune from criticism.
- There was unprecedented elite condemnation of the plans to invade Iraq. Sensible analysts were able to perceive that the enterprise carried significant risks for U.S.…
- Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
More Significant Quotes
- The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as… — Marcus Aurelius
- Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop. — Ansel Adams
- The chief role of the universities is to prolong adolescence into middle age, at which point early retirement ensures that we lack… — J. G. Ballard
- It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that'… — Douglas Adams
- Something very significant appears to be happening in America. There is a dramatic shift in voter affinity toward the GOP, and it… — Bob Beauprez
- A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult… — John Berger
- All cities do face similar, significant trends in the future... most importantly global warming and climate change. — Cate Blanchett