Autonomy Quote by Harold Bloom

“I think that here lies the sense of literary creation: to portray ordinary objects as they will be reflected in the kindly mirrors of…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“The sense of literary creation is to portray ordinary objects as they will be reflected in the kindly mirrors of future times; to find…

— Vladimir Nabokov

The second, and I think this is the much more overt and I think it is the main cause, I have been increasingly demonstrating…

— Harold Bloom

“Autonomous people assert themselves against the status quo. They don't accept the prevailing opinion just because it's the one given to them. Nothing creative…

— Maria Brito

Autonomy means women defining themselves and the values by which they will live, and beginning to think of institutional arrangements which will order their…

— Gerda Lerner

The Palestinian Arabs will have their autonomy, we will have our security. We shall live together.

— Menachem Begin

“She isn't anybody's,' Rook said darkly. 'Son. she's not yours, either," Sarah Fleet said.”

— Jaida Jones

We could encourage the best qualities of youthfulness - curiosity, adventure, resilience, the capacity for surprising insight simply by being more flexible about time,…

— John Taylor Gatto

Throughout the last century there were multiple attempts at giving Afghan women more autonomy, to change marriage laws, to abolish the practice of bride…

— Khaled Hosseini

“Father had stretched out his long legs and was tilting back in his chair. Mother sat with her knees crossed, in blue slacks, smoking…

— Annie Dillard

Autonomy is impossible as long as one is driven by anything.

— Gabor Mate

The first step toward maintaining autonomy in any programmed environment is to be aware that there's programming going on. It's as simple as understanding…

— Douglas Rushkoff