"A Big Mac - the communion wafer of…" — John Ralston Saul

"A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption."

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57 Quotes by John Ralston Saul

John Ralston Saul has 57 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The acceptance of corporatism causes us to deny and undermine the legitimacy of the individual as citizen in a democracy.…
An individual who stands out, or disagrees or takes risks is a danger to such systems and is effortlessly and,…
The best defence [for a democracy, for the public good] is aggressiveness, the aggressiveness of the involved citizen. We need…
Our civilization is locked in the grip of an ideology - corporatism. An ideology that denies and undermines the legitimacy…
A commercial civilization is money-oriented, profit-oriented. Commercial values always tend to wrench a society free of tradition.Economics from education to…
The Unconscious Civilisation There is a certain terrifying dignity to the big ideologies. With the stroke of an intellectual argument…
The Age of Reason has turned out to be the Age of Structure; a time when, in the absence of…
I have a theory of statistics: if you can double them or halve them and they still work, they are…
Simplicity is no longer presented as a virtue. The value of complex and difficult language has been preached with such…
Dictionary: Opinion presented as truth in alphabetical order.
All the lessons of psychiatry, psychology, social work, indeed culture, have taught us over the last hundred years that it…
In general, democracy and individualism have advanced in spite of and often against specific economic interest. Both democracy and individualism…

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I can honestly say - and it's a big surprise to me - that I have never had a dream… — Neil Armstrong
If you are careful with people, they will offer you part of themselves. That is the big secret. — Eve Arnold
I had some big ups and downs when I was in my 20s and the one thing I learned was,… — Darren Aronofsky
These big-package releases. There should be a cute name for them. — Julian Assange
I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored. — David Attenborough
Apart from anything else, I am designed by evolution, like we all are: if we see a little thing like… — David Attenborough
I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see… — Diane Ackerman
I've always been a big fan of science fiction and of the worlds of the spiritual and the mystic. — Dan Aykroyd
In some places women have all the rights they deserve and in others there are big restrictions - in some… — Michelle Bachelet
Small business is the backbone of our economy. I'm for big business, too. But small business is where the jobs… — Michele Bachmann
I want my candidacy for the presidency of the United States to stand for a moment when we the people,… — Michele Bachmann

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