Isms Quotes

“The irony of American history is the tendency of good white Americanas to presume racial innocence. Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege.

In other words. It is a privilege to ignore the consequences of race in America.”
― Tim Wise

“For in spite of itself any movement that thinks and acts in terms of an ‘ism becomes so involved in reaction against other ‘isms that it is unwittingly controlled by them. For it then forms its principles by reaction against them instead of by a comprehensive, constructive survey of actual needs, problems, and possibilities.”
― John Dewey

“To us, the high-resounding “isms” to which our contemporaries ask; us to give our allegiance, now, in 1948, are all equally futile: bound to be betrayed, defeated, and finally rejected by men at large, if containing anything really noble; bound to enjoy, for the time being, some sort of noisy success; if sufficiently vulgar, pretentious and soul-killing to appeal to the growing number of mechanically conditioned slaves that crawl about our planet, posing as free men; all destined to prove, ultimately, of no avail.”
― Savitri Devi

“To competently perform rectifying security service, two critical incident response elements are necessary: information and organization.”
― Robert E. Davis

“...ism's are not good. A person should not believe in an ism. He should believe in himself.”
― Ferris Beuller

“You know, if you live in a place for long you cease to write about it.'

'Of course I always like to know what the man on the spot has to say,' he replied guardedly.

'And then check it with York?'

'Yes.”
― Graham Greene, The Quiet American

“Already God existed only in the desperate attempt to prove his existence. It is the same today with human beings, whose existence we attempt desperately to verify by the very means that make it improbable.

Feminism, populism, humanism: all words with the suffix '-ism' are the caricature of their root. Of women, of the people, of the human. Including terrorism: the caricature of terror?”
― Jean Baudrillard, Cool Memories V: 2000 - 2004

“He that hath liberty ought to kepe it wel, for nothyng is better than liberty.”
― William Caxton

“To hell with hate and isms of life. God, family and good life (Klassik Trinity) wins.”
― DON SANTO

“We've rigged the entire system of living in harmony with nature against ourselves. We raise our children & inculcate various "isms" into them. They in turn perpetuate it by passing the same (if not more) onto their's. We raise slaves, not independent thinkers.”
― Mamur Mustapha

“The Eternal Tao is prior to, and infinitely beyond all 'isms”
― Leland Lewis, Random Molecular Mirroring

“Racism, sexism, heightism, ageism... the only do-goodism is baptism!”
― George T. Taylor

“Alla –ismer där vi stannat
är sekunda, inte störst.
Freden måste komma först.
Gör den inte det, min vän,
kommer inget efter den.”
― Tage Danielsson

“Anything ending in "ism" should be cause for questioning or deep consideration depending on it's context. -Julieanne-ism”
― Julieanne O'Connor

“What is the benefit of his erudition if the job at hand is that of a vandal and a villain?”
― Aneesh Abraham

“Anamodernism insists on a polyvalent synthesis of -isms, more precisely in their introduction into a system of values, which as elements can be used and revalidated.”
― Vladan Kuzmanovic