So-Called Quotes

185 So-Called quotes by 177 unique authors

On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now on I resolved to write no more poems in the… — Hu Shih
If any man's money can be taken by a so-called government, without his own personal consent, all his other rights are taken with it; for… — Lysander Spooner
I have brothers, and that so-called boyish quality was something that I was deathly self-conscious about when I was younger. — Kristen Stewart
I suggest that the introductory courses in science, at all levels from grade school through college, be radically revised. Leave the fundamentals, the so-called basics,… — Lewis Thomas
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. — Henry David Thoreau
The moral and spiritual aspects of both personal and international relationships have a practical bearing which so-called practical men deny. — Henry A. Wallace
I don't believe in the so-called Olympic spirit. I speak from personal experience. When China hosted the Games, it failed to include the people. The… — Ai Weiwei
Now we have technology where we can modify the genomics of individuals by gene transfer and genetic meddling, we may find that people will want… — Robert Winston
In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them. — Carter G. Woodson
The so-called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good than it does the Negro, because it has been worked… — Carter G. Woodson
The so-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes. — Zhang Yimou
White-on-white crime is a devastation in America like so-called black-on-black crime. It's not black or white-on-white crime. It's proximity murder. — Michael Eric Dyson
Facebook's successor will no doubt provide an easy 'migration utility' through which you can bring all your so-called friends with you, if you even want… — Douglas Rushkoff
Too often, young people who are just bursting with idealism either find themselves playing a game for which they have little heart or are hurling… — George W. Romney
I hesitate to use a pathologizing label, but underneath the so-called narcissistic personality is definitely shame and the paralyzing fear of being ordinary. — Brene Brown
I found a correlation between the spreading of democracy after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise in slavery. Now, as countries, former… — Loretta Napoleoni
When I was in middle school, some of my so-called friends found a catalog ad I did for Superman pajamas. They made as many copies… — Jensen Ackles
The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us. — Adam Davidson
Do I appreciate the idea of jealousy, revenge and all these so-called dark qualities? Yes. Do I write these songs in order to engage in… — Alanis Morissette
I concentrate, more than I think virtually any comic book artist has in the past, on the so-called mundane details of every day life -… — Harvey Pekar
If African film makers had one-tenth the amount commanded by film makers the world over - even the amount used by so-called shoestring film makers… — Wole Soyinka
Social media has given companies access to unprecedented amounts of information on client behavior and preferences - so-called Big Data. But making sense of it… — Ryan Holmes
Much fiscal policy is implemented, not through spending increases, but through tax credits and other so-called tax expenditures. The markets should respond to them as… — Alan Greenspan
I think that people in the Bible Belt are far less monolithically religious than many people imagine. There are lots and lots of people who… — Richard Dawkins
Beneficial in theory, so-called free trade agreements far too often have been detrimental to the United States economy and the manufacturing sector that forms its… — Dan Kildee

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