Circumcision Quote by Jacques Derrida

You know what circumcision is, Private?

— Bernard Cornwell

Take it from me because I learned the hard way: circumcisions are best left to professionals.

— Mark Hoppus

Babies are one of my many areas of expertise. Growing up I performed my own circumcision.

— Dwight Schrute

“Why are so many Americans for male circumcision but against female circumcision? Both are equally cruel and barbaric traditions.”

— Oliver Markus Malloy

“Our revulsion towards cutting the genitals of girls should give us pause, however, for the themes the Western world abhors – removing part of…

— David L. Gollaher

If circumcision has any justification AT ALL, it should be medical only. Parents' religion is the worst of all reasons - pure child abuse.

— Richard Dawkins

Circumcision is where sex and violence meet for the first time.

— Jeannine Parvati Baker

I also survived circumcision, a barbaric practice designed to remind you as early as possible that your genitals are not your own.

— George Carlin

“Circumcision is one of the Sunnahs of the fitrah, and it is for both males and females, except that is it obligatory for males…

— ataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah

“Circumcision is obligatory (for every male and female) by cutting off the piece of skin on the glans of the penis of the male,…

— Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri

It is hard for a woman with whom an uncircumcised man has had sexual intercourse to separate from him. In my opinion this is…

— Maimonides

As a Jew and a psychologist, I understand the stress that religious communities feel in connection with questioning of circumcision... I raise these questions…

— Ronald Goldman