Poststructutalism Quotes & Sayings

Perhaps the nearest one could get to a common characteristic of poststructuralism would be a radical suspicion of reason, order and certainty as governing principles of knowledge and existence...the absurd and the irrational can no longer be distinguished from the real and the rational — Margaret Maclure

In life there are two things which are dependable. The pleasures of the flesh and the pleasures of literature. — Sei Shonagon

It is very hard to be brave," said Piglet, sniffing slightly, "when you're only a Very Small Animal."
Rabbit, who had begun to write very busily, looked up and said: "It is because you are a very small animal that you will be Useful in the adventure before us. — Benjamin Hoff

I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions. — Karen Thompson Walker

I'd been broken beyond repair. — Stephenie Meyer

The conference also has a moral duty to examine the corruption of science that can be caused by massive amounts of money. The United States has disbursed tens of billions of dollars to climate scientists who would not have received those funds had their research shown climate change to be beneficial or even modest in its effects. Are these scientists being tempted by money? And are the very, very few climate scientists whose research is supported by industry somehow less virtuous? — Patrick Michaels

All who have read a few old books have picked up the old tactics of considering every new idea a 'heresy' which must be rooted out. — Lu Xun

I keep my ear to the streets - that's how I know music. I live, breathe, eat, and sleep music. That's it. Nothing else. — Juicy J

Pain doesn't last. And when it's gone, we have something to show for it. Growth. — Kamal Ravikant

Music isn't much different now from what it was when we hit the dance floor. This means something. We found something universal. We bottled that desire, then released it into the airwaves. The sounds hit your body, and you move.
We are in those particles that send you. We are in that music.
Dance for us, Tariq.
Feel us there in your freedom. — David Levithan

I want people to feel the heat while they walk down the street and they're just kickin' it. — Missy Elliott

To begin with, if existence arose out of a need for goodness, then it must be essentially mental. In other words, existence must ultimately consist of mind, of consciousness. — Jim Holt

It's more common than not that bipolar illness will start in the teens. One of the reasons I spend a lot of time on college campuses is exactly that reason. It's terribly important to talk to students about knowing these things in advance. — Kay Redfield Jamison

I survived on sandwiches, and I was on stage every night for six years of my life. I was working 16 hours a day between class, rehearsal, being on stage. — Thierry Mugler