Superstructure Quotes

25 quotes by 20 authors

Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation… — Ambrose Bierce
I received the fundamentals of my education in school, but that was not enough. My real education, the superstructure, the details, the true architecture, I… — Isaac Asimov
To form a new Government, requires infinite care, and unbounded attention; for if the foundation is badly laid the superstructure must be bad. — George Washington
POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When he wriggles, he mistakes the agitation of… — Ambrose Bierce
Political institutions are a superstructure resting on an economic foundation. — Vladimir Lenin
Unlike these powerful grown-ups, children have no ideologies to reinforce, no superstructure of political opinion to promote, no civic equanimity or image to defend, no… — Jonathan Kozol
The greatest discovery of the 19th century was not in the realm of the physical sciences, but the power of the subconscious mind touched by… — William James
Barely a teenager, Elizabeth Taylor was already more beautiful and voluptuous than Miss America. When she arrived at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel for our magazine… — Esther Williams
The Syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves (which is the root of the… — Francis Bacon
Human life, from the cradle to the grave, is a school. At every period of his existence man wants a teacher. His pilgrimage upon earth… — John Quincy Adams
I received the fundamentals of my education in school, but that was not enough. My real education, the superstructure, the details, the true architecture, I… — Isaac Asimov
In years to come cities will stretch out horizontally and will be non-urban (Los Angeles). After that, they will bury themselves in the ground and… — Jean Baudrillard
You cannot build a superstructure on a cracked foundation. — Billy Graham
The stage of the development of the productive forces determines the political and ideological superstructure of society which are crystallized into a system of social… — Earl Browder
Theology is a thing of unreason altogether, an edifice of assumptions and dreams, a superstructure without a substructure — Ambrose Bierce
The monopoly capitalists - even while employing purely empirical methods - weave around art a complicated web which converts it into a willing tool. The… — Che Guevara
Patriarchy is like the elephant in the room that we don't talk about, but how could it not affect the planet radically when it's the… — Ani DiFranco
You can't build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you're going to have a strong superstructure. — Gordon B. Hinckley
To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on the foundation. — Marilyn Monroe
Sentimentality is a superstructure covering brutality. — Carl Jung

Who Wrote These Superstructure Quotes

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