Acocella Michael Quotes & Sayings

Human life may be regarded as a succession of frontispieces. The way to be satisfied is never to look back. — William Hazlitt

Flow is the ability to be so focused that all of life's obstacles seemingly and smoothly pass you by. — Asa Don Brown

Anything worth having has its price. — Joan Didion

I'm intelligent enough to survive happily and be compassionate. If I were too smart, I would realize all the ills of the world. — Adam Levine

Under the notion that unregulated market-driven values and relations should shape every domain of human life, the business model of governance has eviscerated any viable notion of social responsibility while furthering the criminalization of social problems and cutbacks in basic social services, especially for young people, the elderly, people of color, and the impoverished.36 At this historical juncture there is a merging of violence and governance along with the systemic disinvestment in and breakdown of institutions and public spheres that have provided the minimal conditions for democracy. This becomes obvious in the emergence of a surveillance state in which social media not only become new platforms for the invasion of privacy but further legitimate a culture in which monitoring functions are viewed as both necessary and benign. Meanwhile, the state-sponsored society of hyper-fear increasingly regards each and every person as a potential terrorist suspect. — Henry A. Giroux

He could be in any mood or any place and, unbidden, it returned. — Colum McCann