Quotes with life-and-death

Quotes 1961 till 1980 of 27600.

  • C. Wright Mills A society in which all men and women would become people of substantive reason, whose independent reasoning would have structural consequences for their societies, its history and thus for their own life fates.
    The Sociological Imagination (1959)
    C. Wright Mills
    American sociologist (1916 - 1962)
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  • James Baldwin A society must assume that it is stable, but the artist must know, and he must let us know, that there is nothing stable under heaven.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Mary McCarthy A society person who is enthusiastic about modern painting or Truman Capote is already half a traitor to his class. It is middle-class people who, quite mistakenly, imagine that a lively pursuit of the latest in reading and painting will advance their status in the world.
    Mary McCarthy
    American author (1912 - 1989)
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  • Christopher Lasch A society that has made ''nostalgia'' a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion that life in the past was in any important way better than life today.
    Christopher Lasch
    American historian (1932 - 1994)
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  • Lewis H. Lapham A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its business, cannot help making celebrities of the people who would destroy it.
    Lewis H. Lapham
    American essayist and editor (1935 - )
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  • Jean Baudrillard A society which allows an abominable event to burgeon from its dung heap and grow on its surface is like a man who lets a fly crawl unheeded across his face or saliva dribble from his mouth - either epileptic or dead.
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
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  • John Locke A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else.
    John Locke
    English philosopher (1632 - 1704)
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  • Carl Gustav Jung A special ability means a heavy expenditure of energy in a particular direction, with a consequent drain from some other side of life.
    Modern Man in Search of a Soul (1933)
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Gaston Bachelard A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.
    Gaston Bachelard
    French scientist and philosopher (1884 - 1962)
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  • Bernard M. Baruch A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
    Bernard M. Baruch
    American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965)
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  • Bill McKibben A spiritual voice is urgently needed to underline the fact that global warming is already causing human anguish and mortality in our nation and abroad, and much more will occur in the future without rapid action.
    Bill McKibben
    American environmentalist, author, and journalist (1960 - )
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  • Augustus Hare A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses; having firm hold on the reins and guiding them.
    Augustus Hare
    English writer (1834 - 1903)
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  • Henry David Thoreau A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Andy Goldsworthy A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories.
    Andy Goldsworthy
    British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist (1956 - )
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  • Hitopadesa A store of grain, Oh king is the best of treasures. A gem put in your mouth will not support life.
    Hitopadesa
    Indian text in Sanskrit
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  • Charles Horton Cooley A strange and somewhat impassive physiognomy is often, perhaps, an advantage to an orator, or leader of any sort, because it helps to fix the eye and fascinate the mind.
    Charles Horton Cooley
    American sociologist (1864 - 1929)
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  • Anne Sullivan Macy A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and take independent charge of their lives.
    Anne Sullivan Macy
    American teacher (1866 - 1936)
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche A strong and secure man digests his experiences (deeds and misdeeds alike) just as he digests his meat, even when he has some bits to swallow.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Bobby Fischer A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player.
    Bobby Fischer
    American chess grandmaster (1943 - 2008)
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  • Guillaume Apollinaire A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature.
    Guillaume Apollinaire
    Italian-born French poet, critic (1880 - 1918)
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