Hirzel Quotes & Sayings

I grew up definitely a feminist, but I didn't call myself a feminist until I took my first women's studies class in college. — Jessica Valenti

The strength of one's opinion should not exceed their knowledge on the matter. — Eric Hirzel

Peace before everything, God before anything,
Love before anything, real before everything,
Home before any place, shoot before anything,
Style and state radiate, Love Power slay the hate. — Mos Def

In so-called communist Romania, chess was held in high esteem, even if our champions were weaker than the Soviets. This game, this "sport of the mind," was at the time a better way to establish your reputation than literature. — Dumitru Tepeneag

Pride is a fallacy. None of us are greater than the sum of our parts. — Eric Hirzel

More and more in the art world are becoming moralistic, telling artists and critics what they should and shouldn't write, do, or make art about. Never mind the intellectual hypocrisy of this: Those who violate the clublike code are made out to be wrong, immoral, corrupt. — Jerry Saltz

Suffer barbaric childhood to give and receive remorselessly; civilized age learns to protect what it has, to neither give nor accept freely, to trust it's own mistrust above faith, and intriguing others above the innocent. Intrigue, after all, is rational, something the mind can sink it's teeth into, and defeat it with the good digestion of reason, a hopeless prospect for the toothless heart, and God only knows what innocence will do next. — William Gaddis

Imagine treating yourself with the kindness that you show people you love. — Geneen Roth

She was damaged because she had no one, and he was damaged because neither did he. — J.D. Kirkland

Working at a job that you hate. Having a career and a life that you have no passion for. That's hell. — Ron Perlman

One's opinion should only be as strong as one's knowledge on the matter. — Eric Hirzel