Susan Sontag Quotes

Most people in this society who aren't actively mad are, at best, reformed or potential lunatics.

Susan Sontag

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 16, 1933 - December 28, 2004

Topics

BestPeopleSocietyPotentialMad

It doesn't hurt to show some empathy.

John Cornyn

EmpathyHurtShowSome

Artists, actors, people like that, they live in a very strange bubble of their own. They're mollycoddled; they're highly privileged.

Steve Wynn

LivePeopleBubbleStrangeOwnLike

I play Xbox. I have a little boy to look after. I have dogs. You know, I have things to do. I would love to be able to sit down and watch something like a movie. I watch my own movies because I have to.

Tom Hardy

LoveYouLookDownPlayKnow

I didn't have a lot of exposure to films as a kid, and I never went to the cinema. I had a single mom who just planted me in front of the television. But while growing up, I lived in my own fantasy world.

Roger Ross Williams

MeMomGrowing UpWorldCinemaKid

If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early. It's a step process.

Russell Simmons

StepPeopleProcessLearnYouEarly

People want to look taller and thinner. No one says, 'Ooh! Let me buy that dress because it makes me feel matronly!'

Michael Kors

DressPeopleMeFeelLookWant

It's different for people who have not seen a symphony conductor conduct from a chair. I feel very connected to the orchestra in a way that a conductor sometimes does not feel. I think it's more visceral.

Joshua Bell

PeopleThinkFeelChairSometimes

I suppose that one of the reasons I wrote 'In Contempt' was because of the money. After the trial I came to realize that there were things that I needed to do if I was to protect myself and my family, so there were some selfish reasons for it.

Christopher Darden

FamilyMyselfMoneySelfishProtect

I'm always a bit disappointed when I've finished working on a book.

Chris Van Allsburg

BookAlwaysDisappointedWorkingBit

I feel very, very lucky to have come from the family I did. We have our dysfunctions and our problems, just like any family. But my parents are extremely loving people.

Annette Bening

FamilyParentsPeopleProblemsFeel

Economically, many folks don't feel they can afford organic. While this may be true in some cases, I think more often than not it's a question of priority. I feel it's one of the most important areas of concern ecologically, because the petrochemical giants - DuPont, Monsanto - make huge money by poisoning us.

Woody Harrelson

MoneyThinkFeelBe TrueTrueMore

I'm not ashamed to speak about anything. And what I'm telling you is real; it's from the heart.

Pepa

HeartSpeakYouRealAnythingAbout

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