Dynes To Wood Quotes & Sayings

When I was young I used to listen to everything. — Herbie Hancock

The history of the world is like: He kills me, I kill him, only with different cosmetics and different castings. So in 2001, some fanatics killed some Americans, and now some Americans are killing some Iraqis. And in my childhood, some Nazis killed Jews. And now, some Jewish people and some Palestinians are killing each other. — Woody Allen

Cosmopolitan discourse emphasizes the _cosmic belonging_ of all individual human beings as the ground of our hospitality, solidarity, justice and neighbor-love. Cosmopolitan discourse is about turning a _compassionate gaze_ onto others regardless of one's nationality and citizenship, origin of birth, religion, gender; race and ethnicity, sexuality, or ability — Namsoon Kang

This moment here is the only observable time and place for us in our universe. — Frank Herbert

Americanism demands loyalty to the teacher and respect for his lesson. — Bainbridge Colby

It wasn't necessary to know your own demons in order to find God. — Paulo Coelho

There is no safety this side of the grave — Robert A. Heinlein

I tell you, Bono may have a point. South Africa needs a Walmart. — Rush Limbaugh

What is at work in this report is the reduction of language to code. Cliches, coined by the state, become the only acceptable vocabulary. Everyone knows what to say and how to respond. It is scripted. Vocabulary shrinks so that the tyranny of nationalist rhetoric leaves people sputtering state-sanctioned slogans. — Chris Hedges