Soapbox Quotes

20 quotes by 17 authors

If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win. — Mel Brooks
This is revolution in reaction, as well as in radicalism, and Toryism speaking a jargon of law and order may often be a graver menace… — Frank I. Cobb
I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place. — Jeremy Renner
I've always liked what Thomas More said in Utopia, which is that in Utopia every person is allowed their own lifestyle and religion but no… — Jude Law
As a novelist, I have a somewhat higher soapbox to stand on than most people do when it comes to talking back to the merchants… — L. Neil Smith
From my experience, politicians are much more uncomfortable being made fun of than they are being preached at and screeched at - you know, and… — Carl Hiaasen
It's kind of ironic that my character is a doctor who acts very gay with his best friend. I don't see how gays could ever… — Zach Braff
My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox. — Carl Hiaasen
I'm not terribly fond of soapboxes. — Laurell K. Hamilton
I'm Irish, yeah, but I don't need to get up on a soapbox about it. — Dylan Moran
I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place. I never want to be part… — Jeremy Renner
One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You don't want to alienate readers. — John Grisham
For the most part, I don't like people who soapbox. — Art Alexakis
Movies can be effective in influencing people to think in ways they might not otherwise be exposed to. Social commentary in films is most effective… — Walter Koenig
I'm really not big on nationalism, to be honest with you. I really don't think it gets people anywhere except near a pile of dead… — Dylan Moran
I don't like to write rhetorically or get on a soapbox. I try to make the stuff multi-layered, so that it always has a life… — Bruce Springsteen
I always enjoy rhythms and melodies, but I always use my voice as more of an instrument and less of a soapbox for me to… — Chino Moreno
I have to say, without getting up on a soapbox, I find these reality shows absolutely disgusting. — Terry Wogan
A theatre is not a blank page for editorial, it is not a soapbox or a Tannoy system: it is a conscience that wakes with… — Andrew O'Hagan
I'm enjoying the opportunity that 'Parks And Recreation' affords me to exploit my own soapbox agenda, which is to try to encourage people to make… — Nick Offerman

Who Wrote These Soapbox Quotes

17 authors contributed a total of 20 Soapbox Quotes as follows: