Ivan Illich Quotes

The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately this attitude leads to bombing people into the acceptance of gifts.

Ivan Illich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: sociologist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 4, 1926 - December 2, 2002

Topics

GoodAttitudeAcceptancePeopleSeem

I'd rather be a great mom than a sexy model.

Jennifer Flavin

GreatMomSexyModelRatherThan

We really don't discover fully what 'Westworld' is for this first season, until we get there. The first 10 episodes are the journey. The colors become brighter, the vistas become clearer, and the history is more understood with each step we take along the way.

Jeffrey Wright

JourneyHistoryStepColorsBecome

I started when I was in 'The King and I' when I was on Broadway when I was nine.

Jenna Ushkowitz

KingBroadwayStartedNine

I believe time wounds all heels.

John Lennon

TimeBelieveI BelieveHeelsWounds

I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.

Max Beerbohm

ManSpiritualGeniusHimPayWho

I really think that studying theater early on really helped me to be able to identify how to get into a character, because it's such a mysterious thing. Learning objective acting in the beginning of my career was the best thing I could have ever done.

Sufe Bradshaw

LearningCharacterBestBeginningMe

Barack Obama's name will be the one on the peace prize, but his speech and his manner could become a gift for generations to come.

Tom Brokaw

PeaceGiftNameSpeechWillBecome

Three quarters of the East Coast's refinery capability is located in the Philadelphia region.

Robert Brady

PhiladelphiaThreeEastCapability

Listen friends, you have to face the truth: You are never going to be rich... The system is rigged in favor of the few, and your name is not among them, not now and not ever.

Michael Moore

TruthFaceRichNameFriendsYou

Whoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly.

Ludwig von Mises

PowerPeaceInfluenceLimitSeek

Boxing is always serious. Nothing comical or funny about boxing.

Juan Manuel Marquez

FunnySeriousBoxingNothingAlways

Right when I started touring, there was this wariness I had of the world outside of my small town. But I'm not that person anymore, and I was never completely that person.

Jason Isbell

WorldSmallSmall TownPersonNever

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