"...What is at stake is civilization and humanity,……" — Irving Kristol
"...What is at stake is civilization and humanity, nothing less. The idea that everything is permitted, as Nietzsche put it, rests on the premise of nihilism and has nihilistic implications. I will not pretend that the case against nihilism and for civilization is an easy one to make. We are here confronting the most fundamental of philosophical questions, on the deepest levels. In short, the matter of pornography and obscenity is not a trivial one, and only superficial minds can take a bland and untroubled view of it."
—
Irving Kristol
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
More Bland Quotes
This quote is filed under Bland Quotes,
one of 92 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.
— John Cleese
-
I think the warning labels on alcoholic beverages are too bland. They should be more vivid. Here are a few…
— George Carlin
-
Photography is the easiest thing in the world if one is willing to accept pictures that are flaccid, limp, bland,…
— John Szarkowski
-
As long as you do the best work that you can and not make it bland... because you're going down…
— Gerard Butler
-
There were a whole lot, I bought every blues record I could find, it wasn't just one or two people.…
— Johnny Winter
-
Why is the forecast so bland? Why instead of 'stormy' don't they just say the sea's 'a frothing maelstrom of…
— Jeremy Clarkson
-
Steve Sailer gives us the real Barack Obama, who turns out to be very, very different - and much more…
— John Derbyshire
-
I've dealt with numbers all my life, of course, and after a while you begin to feel that each number…
— Paul Auster
-
[Alan Berg's] memory haunts many people, even those who never heard him on the radio, because his death could be…
— Roger Ebert
-
These are the days when men of all social disciplines and all political faiths seek the comfortable and the accepted;…
— John Kenneth Galbraith
-
Respectability and security are subtle traps on life's journey. Those who are drawn to extremes are often nearer to renewal…
— John O'Donohue
-
Customer research produces bland products. We're producing a piece of art.
— Michael Arrington
See all 92 Bland Quotes »