Michel Foucault Quotes

We are in the society of the teacher-judge, the doctor-judge, the educator-judge, the 'social-worker'-judge; it is on them that the universal reign of the normative is based; and each individual, wherever he may find himself, subjects to it his body, his gestures, his behavior, his aptitudes, his achievements.

Michel Foucault

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SocietyBehaviorBodyFindWherever

Control, like curiosity, can be an exterminator.

Melvyn Bragg

ControlCuriosityLike

I don't want to live in a fantasy world.

Jeff Conaway

LiveWorldWantFantasy

I played American Legion ball starting when I was 14. But I didn't catch until I was 17. I was 75-3 as a high school pitcher, but it was like everybody knew that I was supposed to be a catcher. When the scouts would come around, and I was pitching, they'd make me take infield practice so the scouts could watch me throw.

Johnny Bench

SchoolPracticeMeHigh SchoolHigh

For me, true and authentic democracy occurs when the privileged groups assist the unprivileged groups to become more privileged.

Stephane Hessel

MeDemocracyTrueBecomeMore

That's what they do in Europe. You go down to the city hall and you become legally connected. You have a civil union there. Then, if you're religious, you go down to the church, and the church blesses the union. That gets the problem solved.

Tony Campolo

CityChurchProblemYouDownBecome

Neither these statesmen nor their constituents sought in any way to use the Government for the interest of themselves or their section, or for the injury of a single member of the Confederacy.

Robert Toombs

GovernmentWaySingleInterestUse

Imitation is the sincerest form of show business.

Roseanne Barr

BusinessImitationShow BusinessShow

Tapas is a celebration of life.

Jose Andres

LifeCelebration

Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation.

Douglas Coupland

LotteryDesperationTickets

I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets into the microphone.

Conor Oberst

EyesFeelSecretsBurnAudience

I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.

Bob Uecker

LifeBestMy LifeThreeYearsSpent

Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support grips conservative legislators, especially.

Anthony Lewis

SupportCongressConservativePolicy

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