Censorships Quotes & Sayings

Of happiness the chiefest part
IS a wise heart — Sophocles

It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions they attack. — Voltaire

I don't usually cook." "And the world thanks you," he murmured — D.B. Reynolds

Life is the game that must be played — Edwin Arlington Robinson

The best advice on writing I've ever received was from William Zinsser: 'Be grateful for every word you can cut.' — Christopher Buckley

So many of our conversations (about affirmative action) have been dishonest — Clarence Thomas

When I first started writing, I wrote a book called 'Bruiser,' and it was pretty much set in Chicago. — Richard House

Sometimes running a corporation, dealing with powerful companies and trying to juggle so many projects takes its toll. — Wynonna Judd

He offers a sheepish grin. "Remember that girl I was dating last year? Sheena? Well, she texted me a picture of her tits. Said I had to return the favor."

Dean's jaw falls open. "Dick for tits? Dude, you got played. No way are those even remotely comparable."

"What's the equivalent of tits then?" Hollis asks curiously.

"Balls," Dean declares, before taking a deep pull of the joint. He blows out a ring of smoke as everyone laughs at his remark.

"You just said women don't want to see balls," Hollis points out.

"They don't. But any idiot knows that a dick pic requires a full frontal shot in return." He rolls his eyes. "It's common sense. — Elle Kennedy

The radical questionnings announced by philosophy are in fact circumscribed by the interests linked to membership in the philosophical field, that is, to the very existence of this field and the corresponding censorships. — Pierre Bourdieu

All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship. — George Bernard Shaw

That is a great mystery," said Doctor Winter. "That is a mystery that has disturbed rulers all over the world - how the people know. It disturbs the invaders now, I am told, how news runs through censorships, how the truth of things fights free of control. It is a great mystery. — John Steinbeck

Take a pencil to write with on aeroplanes. Pens leak. But if the pencil breaks, you can't sharpen it on the plane, because you can't take knives with you. Therefore: take two pencils. — Margaret Atwood

That is a mystery that has disturbed rulers all over the world - how the people know. It disturbs the invaders now, I am told, how news runs through censorships, how the truth of things fights free of control. It is a great mystery." The — John Steinbeck

Everything bad that has ever happened to me has been caused by agents or lawyers. — Orson Welles