Hegemonal Quotes & Sayings

I know how tough it is to stand up to powerful forces that prey on consumers. — Kathleen Sebelius

I have a paper cut from writing my suicide note. It's a start ... — Steven Wright

The history of philosophy, and perhaps especially of moral, social and political philosophy, is there to prevent us from becoming too readily bewitched. The intellectual historian can help us to appreciate how far the values embodied in our present way of life, and our present ways of thinking about those values, reflect a series of choices made at different times between different possible worlds. This awareness can help to liberate us from the grip of any one hegemonal account of those values and how they should be interpreted and understood. Equipped with a broader sense of possibility, we can stand back from the intellectual commitments we have inherited and ask ourselves in a new spirit of enquiry what we should think of them. — Quentin Skinner

Godzilla sized dick. — C.M. Stunich

She hadn't chosen the brave life. She'd chosen the small, fearful one. — Ann Brashares

I love Age of Empires and I play RTS games all the time, I respect what they've accomplished. — Sid Meier

Emotions are inherent in your nature, but their content is dictated by your mind. Your emotional capacity is an empty motor, and your values are the fuel with which your mind fills it. — Ayn Rand

Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead;
It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel. — Pierre Corneille

Priceless things matter not for their value, but because they offer us an enduring reminder of stability and permanence. — Barbara Taylor Bradford

Mom, you know what? I just realized you have a knack for making people disappear. [Lella's son catches on!] — Maria Grazia Swan

Isn't it interesting how the sounds are the same for an awful nightmare and great sex? — Rue McClanahan

What we have is strong enough to transcend time. I've never trusted anything more in my life. — Michelle Madow

In an online community, there's this kind of social economy between the community members. Some people have status because they make cool skins or that's a good website that's visited a lot, but there's no real gameplay there. — Will Wright

One day the play ends and the screen goes blank. There is nothing. Everything returns to its original formlessness - and then another dream begins. — Frederick Lenz