Michel Foucault Quotes

Discipline may be identified neither with an institution nor with an apparatus; it is a type of power, a modality for its exercise, comprising a whole set of instruments, techniques, procedures, levels of application, targets; it is a 'physics' or 'anatomy' of power, a technology.

Michel Foucault

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: October 15, 1926 - June 25, 1984

Topics

TechnologyPowerDisciplinePhysics

I listen to everything while I train. From old school reggae, to classical stuff like Bach, to hip-hop, to rock and roll.

Jimmy Chin

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I think that what people want is for government to function... not through temper tantrums and saying we are not going to participate, we are not going to play ball.

John Cornyn

GovernmentPeopleSayingThinkPlay

So from a long time ago, every year 700,000 Mexicans have only three routes to take: migration, the informal economy and the path to antisocial behavior.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

PathTimeBehaviorYearLongThree

When you can't solve the problem, manage it.

Robert H. Schuller

ProblemYouManageSolve

Happiness is no respecter of persons.

Stephen Fry

HappinessPersons

The first act is the easiest to plot. The second act is always the hardest to plot. Generally a good, you know, sometimes the third act can be difficult because you can get into a rut in the third act - everybody runs to their Corvette, has a chase, and you catch the bad guy.

Stephen J. Cannell

GoodYouBadKnowSometimesFirst

While 'A Blessed Child' might have been a more tough-minded book had Ullmann thrown a spanner into the works, it's not hard to understand her decision to keep things going.

Stacey D'Erasmo

DecisionChildBlessedBookHard

Everyone who hears our music loves it, but how many people get to hear it?

Trombone Shorty

MusicPeopleEveryoneGetWhoHear

Our pledge is to hold elections in the year 1985. The form of elections has not yet been determined, but there is a group of representatives of the political parties in Nicaragua who have been traveling around the world studying various electoral alternatives.

Tomas Borge

WorldPoliticalYearGroupStudying

In many respects, David Duke was the playbook. He established the playbook by which Donald Trump ran and ultimately became - I won't even use the term - let's just say he became the occupant of the White House.

Ron Stallworth

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People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

Mary McCarthy

FearChildrenPeopleBadJudgment

Research has shown that the best way to be happy is to make each day happy.

Deepak Chopra

HappinessBestDayHappyBe Happy

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