32 Quotes About Isms
- Author John Dewey
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For in spite of itself any movement that thinks and acts in terms of an ‘ism becomes so involved in reaction against other ‘isms that it is unwittingly controlled by them. For it then forms its principles by reaction against them instead of by a comprehensive, constructive survey of actual needs, problems, and possibilities.
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- Author Vladan Kuzmanovic
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Anamodernism insists on a polyvalent synthesis of -isms, more precisely in their introduction into a system of values, which as elements can be used and revalidated.
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- Author Aneesh Abraham
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What is the benefit of his erudition if the job at hand is that of a vandal and a villain?
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- Author Jean Baudrillard
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Already God existed only in the desperate attempt to prove his existence. It is the same today with human beings, whose existence we attempt desperately to verify by the very means that make it improbable.Feminism, populism, humanism: all words with the suffix '-ism' are the caricature of their root. Of women, of the people, of the human. Including terrorism: the caricature of terror?
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- Author Ferris Beuller
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...ism's are not good. A person should not believe in an ism. He should believe in himself.
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- Author Tim Wise
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The irony of American history is the tendency of good white Americanas to presume racial innocence. Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege.In other words. It is a privilege to ignore the consequences of race in America.
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- Author William Caxton
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He that hath liberty ought to kepe it wel, for nothyng is better than liberty.
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- Author George T. Taylor
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Racism, sexism, heightism, ageism... the only do-goodism is baptism!
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- Author Julieanne O'Connor
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Anything ending in "ism" should be cause for questioning or deep consideration depending on it's context. -Julieanne-ism
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