Simone Weil Quotes

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

Simone Weil

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: February 3, 1909 - August 24, 1943

Topics

JusticeSocietyCrimeMoreModern

My goal was, and still is, to write first, direct my own stuff whenever possible and control my own creative destiny.

Jeff Probst

CreativeControlDestinyGoalMy Own

We are alarmed that a known or suspected terrorist can go to a federally licensed firearms dealer where background checks are conducted, pass that background check, legally purchase a firearm, and walk out the door.

Stanley A. McChrystal

WalkDoorGoOutCheckWhere

I listen to a lot of Nashville local music, which, for the most part, is punk and grunge music but also alt-country stuff down here.

Soccer Mommy

MusicDownListenNashvillePunk

The people who were in college in the '50s were my first real audience, and their kids, the people who found my records in the cabinet during their 'Mad 'magazine years picked me up also.

Tom Lehrer

PeopleCollegeMeMadFirstReal

But I have the satisfaction, at the same time, to reflect that the impression to be made depends upon the consistency of the charge and the motives of the prosecutors.

Robert Walpole

TimeConsistencySatisfactionSame

Some stimulus is not a bad thing.

Ron Johnson

BadSomeThingBad ThingStimulus

Objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories: those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.

Russell Baker

WorkDownLostThreeBreakGet

You're really looking for the truth of what the piece is about. And that's going to be different for different people.

Joshua Bell

TruthPeopleLookingBe Different

I can't remember anything I ever wrote.

Joni Mitchell

RememberAnythingEverWrote

Actually, I hear a lot of rock music. My husband is a big rock fan.

Dolly Parton

MusicHusbandRockBigRock Music

In the digital age, we filter forward instead of filtering out. As a result, all that material is still available to us and to others to filter in their own ways, and to bring forward in other contexts.

David Weinberger

AgeForwardResultOthersDigital

There are millions of sci-fi enthusiasts in the world, not just gamers.

Brendan Iribe

WorldGamersJustSci-FiMillions

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