Neil Postman Quotes
As one learns the language of a subject, one is also learning what the subject is. ...what we call a subject consists mostly, if not entirely, of its language. If you eliminate all the words of a subject, you have eliminated the subject.
Quotes to Explore
-
Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.
-
I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
-
I am really glad I was raised Catholic. I like the fundamental aspects of that religion. I think they give you great grounding in terms of having a moral code. But I do not subscribe to any religion specifically now.
-
People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
-
I want every version of a woman and a man to be possible. I want women and men to be able to be full-time parents or full-time working people or any combination of the two.
-
This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
-
I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.
-
Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.
-
To become the best comedian, I must be well-rounded.
-
I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career.
-
I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
-
Blog culture has a hard time digesting narratives, but it has an easy time digesting 'big ideas' pieces.
-
The music led to the acting. But movies aren't something you can just will yourself into. Someone has to choose you, and you have to be quite fortunate to be chosen.
-
I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those can't.
-
I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.
-
When you're in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you're writing about it.
-
We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touching the bottom.
-
If you're gonna use simile, analogy, metaphor, be descriptive and have some flowery adjectives and a few odd nouns and some engaging bits of dialogue or sentiment, then you're sort of writing a novel, really. But rock lyrics are not really known for their sophistication.
-
We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted.
-
There is no comfort in change But also no learning in the Steady drone of peace. There will be no greater sorrow Than watching you go - Except for watching you grow old And tired here - Clarity awaits Elsewhere
-
Among the Internet's many gains for humanity, decreasing paranoia has not been one of them. Anything from that lump under your armpit to what's lurking in the sea - just type it into a search engine and watch your nerves explode.
-
The most important thing is that sometimes you have to go through hard times to get to the good stuff.
-
I'm three-quarters Russian, so I've always felt an outsider. But I don't think you can be in a play with John Of Gaunt's 'This sceptred isle' speech and not feel proud to be British.
-
As one learns the language of a subject, one is also learning what the subject is. ...what we call a subject consists mostly, if not entirely, of its language. If you eliminate all the words of a subject, you have eliminated the subject.
