Michel Foucault Quotes
The imaginary is not formed in opposition to reality as its denial or compensation; it grows among signs, from book to book, in the interstice of repetitions and commentaries; it is born and takes shape in the interval between books. It is the phenomena of the library.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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The success of a particular policy prescription is always a gamble.
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It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
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Superman's always chasing after someone who just mugged somebody, and I've never seen that happen in my life.
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I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars.
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I'd rather play a tune on a horn, but I've always felt that I didn't want to train myself. Because when you get a train, you've got to have an engine and a caboose. I think it's better to train the caboose. You train yourself, you strain yourself.
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Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.
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I really hate drama. It's draining; it's mentally draining. It's a waste of time.
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Stock prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau.
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When you look like you stepped out of a catalog, that's never good. People shouldn't succumb to trend, they should interpret trend.
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If we have white persons in the March, we are certain to have trouble with the Communists, and it may not be viewed as a true expression of the Negro's protest.
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I don't want to die an old lady.
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A library implies an act of faith.
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It's interesting sometimes when an audience can empathize with a villain.
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I'm one of the first invention capitalists.
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I don't carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.
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He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father.
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A lot of jazz artists think people should like what they're doing just because it's jazz. I don't buy that.
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I had just lot my best friend, barely escaped having my life sucked out by a psychotic burning girl, committed treason and nearly gotten the guy I liked killed by a crazy faerie. What were hairy legs compared to that?
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I never got formal training in music. I would just sit with my ear to the speaker and my hand on the needle. I'd listen to Wanda Jackson and think, 'How did she do that?,' and lift the needle and try it myself.
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Optimism is the key.
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We toyed with the idea of making it a double album, but I think that would only have confused everybody even more, so we decided to stick with the songs we picked.
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It's deeply humbling to realize that there is no such thing as a society with a purchase on truth.
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The imaginary is not formed in opposition to reality as its denial or compensation; it grows among signs, from book to book, in the interstice of repetitions and commentaries; it is born and takes shape in the interval between books. It is the phenomena of the library.
