Rene Girard Quotes

Each person must ask what his relationship is to the scapegoat. I am not aware of my own, and I am persuaded that the same holds true for my readers. We only have legitimate enmities. And yet the entire universe swarms with scapegoats.

Rene Girard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: December 25, 1923 - November 4, 2015

Topics

RelationshipI AmUniversePerson

Give me anything that moves my heart, that gives me goosebumps.

Jeremy Spencer

HeartMeAnythingGive MeGive

I've been humbled by the amount of people who have gone out of their way to reach out, mentor me on an ongoing basis, and devote time to help solve the problems Rent the Runway faces as a company - simply out of their own interest and kindness.

Jennifer Hyman

KindnessTimePeopleMeProblems

Once you're in a network, you can do a whole bunch of things to that network. It's just that NSA doesn't have the authority to do that.

Michael Hayden

YouAuthorityThingsWholeJustNSA

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government.

John Sharp Williams

HistoryGovernmentMeReadingBad

Positive thinking is so firmly enshrined in our culture that knocking it is a little like attacking motherhood or apple pie.

Srikumar Rao

PositiveCultureMotherhoodThinking

It's an honour to sign for Manchester United. I am looking forward to following in the footsteps of so many great strikers, bringing my experience and playing my part to help the team compete for the biggest trophies in the game.

Robin Van Persie

GreatExperienceI AmLooking Forward

The idea of going back to college scares me, and I didn't even go. I went to college for one year, two semesters. If you add up the total time, I probably didn't even go one semester.

Rush Limbaugh

TimeCollegeMeYearYouBack

If a novelist had concocted a villain like Trump - a larger-than-life, over-the-top avatar of narcissism, mendacity, ignorance, prejudice, boorishness, demagoguery, and tyrannical impulses, she or he would likely be accused of extreme contrivance and implausibility.

Michiko Kakutani

IgnoranceVillainPrejudiceSheLike

My mother told me, 'Always do your best,' and my dad says, 'It's important to be humble. That's the key. They're not there for you. You're there for them.'

Luke Benward

MotherHumbleBestDo Your BestMe

The military belongs in its barracks, not our ballot boxes.

Mona Eltahawy

MilitaryBoxesOurBallotBelongs

We know the ideal isn't where the action is.

Joseph Epstein

ActionKnowWhereIdeal

I don't have the panic I used to have, meeting people who are androgynous, but when you meet someone whose identity is unclear, that throws your own identity into flux because the way we treat each other is very gendered.

Alice Dreger

IdentityPeopleTreatSomeoneYou

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