Subversive Quotes

117 quotes by 100 authors

Maybe there is no better novel in the world than Denton Welch's In Youth Is Pleasure. Just holding it in my hands, so precious, so… — John Waters
Socrates himself said, 'One thing only I know, and this is that I know nothing.' Remember this statement, because it is an admission that is… — Jostein Gaarder
Truth is a risky proposition. It's the nature of mediocre human beings to believe that lies are necessary, that they serve a purpose, that truth… — Anne Rice
So Rita and I decided that the most subversive, revolutionary thing I could do was to show up for my life and not be ashamed. — Anne Lamott
I think if it doesn't do what I say, if it doesn't do what I want, if it isn't politically subversive, if it isn't sexy,… — Malcolm Mclaren
Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive. — Henry Steele Commager
The function of literature, through all its mutations, has been to make us aware of the particularity of selves, and the high authority of the… — Lionel Trilling
From the days of Spartacus, Weishophf, Karl Marx, Trotski, Belacoon, Rosa Luxenburg, and Ema Goldman, this world conspiracy has been steadily growing. This conspiracy played… — Winston Churchill
You know, you can be really quite subversive in popular fiction, which is capable of taking on big issues of politics, war, the rise and… — Robert Harris
Theater will never, and never has, gotten audiences like film. But theater goes to work on society in a different and more subversive way. — Athol Fugard
Chinese artists have been subversive over thousands of years, taking what they think of the government and embedding it in their art. There might be… — Amy Tan
I tell my students that being a writer is like being a member of a medieval guild and that what we are doing is very… — Jayne Anne Phillips
Art is maybe a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in the art of… — Philippe Petit
I was a mimic when I was a child. I mimicked the teacher and made friends that way, actually. That was a very subversive activity,… — Anna Deavere Smith
Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive… — Bertrand Russell
'Oh yes,' he thinks, 'Women. With their subversive sexual tactics have no place in this game. It is no accident that the queen is the… — Unknown Author
David Cross is one of the best comedic minds we have going nowadays. His subversive humor is backed up by his intellect. — Jason Bateman

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