Censorship Quote by Thomas I. Emerson

A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.

— Granville Hicks

A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.

— Laurence J. Peter

In conclusion, you can see that there is a place for censors and we only wish that we could tell you where it is.

— Pat Paulsen

“Any given censor is a fool. The very fact that he is a censor indicates that.”

— Heywood Broun

Why censor yourself? You got to tell the truth as you see it.

— Eddie Griffin

I've never known how to censor myself. I say what I want at any time.

— Mark Kassen

I think there are ways in which we censor ourselves; that's the most dangerous kind of censorship - that's how hegemony works.

— Jennifer Egan

It's very difficult to censor anything anymore.

— Hugh Hefner

[Censors are] people with secret attractions to various temptations... They are defending themselves under the pretext of defending others, because at heart they fear…

— Ernest Jones

It's important not to censor yourself and not to get upset or demoralized when you write bad stuff.

— Elif Batuman

When people censor themselves they're just as likely to get rid of the good bits as the bad bits.

— Brian Eno

I censor myself all the time.

— Wunmi Mosaku