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“There is no way to understand the character of the taboo rules, except as a survival from some previous more elaborate cultural background. We…

— Alasdair C. MacIntyre

The Polynesians used to have a system where they proclaimed a fishing area as 'taboo.' If any fisherman was caught fishing in a taboo…

— Paul Watson

Taboo restrictions are distinct from religious or moral prohibitions. They are not based upon any divine ordinance, but may be said to impose themselves…

— Sigmund Freud

All taboos serve different human interests by avoiding those things which threaten to cause offence or distress

— Kate Burridge

The taboos that I have mentioned are extraordinarily harsh and numerous. They stand around nearly every subject that is genuinely important to man: they…

— H. L. Mencken

Every culture is different in terms of what is taboo and what is acceptable. I grew up in Singapore, where people are very mindful…

— Ng Chin Han

Remember, taboos are just a map of what a society feels it's acceptable to be neurotic about. Taboos aren't rational.

— Frankie Boyle

I grew up in a house where there were no taboos, so it came originally from a pretty innocent place, where I was shocked…

— Sarah Silverman

All that is sacred and taboo in the world are meaningless.

— Anais Nin

“To launch a taboo, a group has to be poised halfway between weakness and power. A confident group doesn’t need taboos to protect it.…

— Paul Graham

The world is slowly evolving into a place where the things that we have seen as being taboo are starting to open up a…

— Manu Bennett

I think it's important to break taboos for the same reason it's important to break laws and rules - because either you're a slave…

— George Carlin