Avital Ronell Quotes

Giorgio Agamben is possibly the most delicate and probing thinker since Walter Benjamin.

Avital Ronell

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Any acceleration constitutes progress, Miss Glory. Nature had no understanding of the modern rate of work. From a technical standpoint the whole of childhood is pure nonsense. Simply wasted time. An untenable waste of time.

Karel Capek
- Time
- Work
- Nature
It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.

Margaret Mead
- Fear
- Question
What makes things exciting in life is to overcome your challenges and get creative and think outside of the box.

Courteney Cox
- Life
- Challenges
- Overcome
I came from a real tough neighborhood. I put my hand in some cement and felt another hand.

Jack Roy
- Real
- Hand
- Neighborhood
Creativity is the foundation of wealth. All progress comes from the creative minority. Under capitalism, wealth is less a stock of goods than a flow of ideas, the defining characteristic of which is surprise. If it were not surprising, we could plan it, and socialism would work.

George Gilder
I think (West Virginia) played with a great deal of heart and determination. They were small, but they fought hard. I don't know if we overlooked them, but there is no point complaining about it. We deserved to lose.

C. Vivian Stringer
- Heart
- I Think
- Deserved