Michel Foucault Quotes

Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society.

Michel Foucault

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

StrengthPowerSocietyNameComplex

The industrial food system is so cruel and so horrific in its treatment of animals. It never asks the question: 'Should a pig be allowed to express its pig-ness?'

Joel Salatin

FoodPigAnimalsNeverQuestion

There's a number of places I've wanted to go but it's been determined too risky or that I'm relatively well-known, and therefore it might not be wise for me to pop up in this place.

Anderson Cooper

WiseMePlaceGoPlacesDetermined

I think playing somebody who's schizophrenic is such a lesson as an actor. It gets you totally out of your comfort zone, because you can't rely on your technique, your external stuff. You've really gotta look inward, in a way.

Matt Dillon

Comfort ZoneThinkYouLookComfort

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.

Jean-Paul Sartre

VictoryDetailsYouDefeatHard

The fatal tendency of mankind to leave off thinking about a thing when it is no longer doubtful is the cause of half their errors.

John Stuart Mill

ThinkingLeaveMankindHalfOff

Sometimes I get a little confused because with dancing I can express my emotions with my body. With acting you have to do it with your face and your expressions, and then with animated shows you have to use your voice and use your inflections. So it's definitely a challenge to transfer from each genre of entertainment.

Alyson Stoner

ChallengeVoiceFaceConfusedActing

If I complain about a traffic jam, I have no one to blame but myself.

Steve Wynn

MyselfBlameTrafficComplainJam

I just look like someone with a long face. Not just A. P. McCoy himself, but some of the horses he rides.

Rob Brydon

FaceSomeoneLongLookJustHorses

The fame aspect of winning the Masters... besides being married and becoming a father, that's a strong third there.

Mike Weir

FatherWinningStrongFameBecoming

For me, art is about learning and about living with people. It's alive.

Miuccia Prada

LearningArtPeopleMeAliveLiving

You know, musicians aren't very stable, in case you hadn't noticed.

Josh Silver

MusiciansYouKnowStableNoticed

I think 'The Color Purple' is so bursting with love, the need for connection, the showing of the need for connection around the globe.

Alice Walker

LoveColorThinkConnectionPurple

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