Michel Foucault Quotes

I belong to that generation who, as students, had before their eyes, and were limited by, a horizon consisting of Marxism, phenomenology and existentialism. For me the break was first Beckett's Waiting for Godot, a breathtaking performance.

Michel Foucault

Quotes to Explore

When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.

Maj Sjowall
- Life
- Live
- Children
My lesson from history is that if there is a strong moderate centrist party which can lead the country, there is no room for extremists from the right or left.

Viktor Orban
- Country
- History
- Strong
A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.

Irwin Shaw
- Good
- Writing
- Too Much
For 10 days after the Olympics, I couldn't go back to my house because people were sitting outside waiting to take my photo. That was a bit rubbish. At first I was open: 'Yeah, of course you can take a photo...' but after a while, it got to the point where I thought, 'Whoa, I don't like this attention anymore.'

Laura Trott
- People
- House
- Attention
My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Being on the road is tough, doing interviews, and all the stuff. It's still pretty tough.

Aaron Carter
- Pretty
- Road
- Famous
We continue to blame the poor for their own condition. They are lazy. We do not want to know that the poorest of the poor are toddlers under three years of age.

Madeleine M. Kunin
- Age
- Lazy
- Three