Ivan Illich Quotes

School divides life into two segments, which are increasingly of comparable length. As much as anything else, schooling implies custodial care for persons who are declared undesirable elsewhere by the simple fact that a school has been built to serve them.

Ivan Illich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeSimpleSchoolCareAnything

I've sort of closed my mind off to reality shows: I just don't watch them, don't care about them, don't know who the characters are, but they're all in general usage.

Joe Dante

MindCareRealityKnowWatchOff

We are beginning to see that money, after all, is not the main thing. The real values cannot be bought and sold.

John Burroughs

MoneyBeginningValuesRealSee

We need to stop this overspending. We need to start turning this battleship in the right direction. And we all have to share in the sacrifice.

Jeff Fortenberry

SacrificeStartDirectionStopNeed

If I feel like it's a well-written script and if it speaks to me, it's something I want to do. I usually rely on my instincts when it comes to a script.

Michael Ealy

MeFeelWantSomethingI Feel Like

The stratosphere is my church.

John Perry Barlow

ChurchStratosphere

Because there are a lot of big cities in the world, people who live in cities have become more isolated than ever.

Toyo Ito

LivePeopleWorldBecomeMoreBig

I started growing my hair out when I was, like, 22, 23. I just stopped cutting it.

Jonathan Van Ness

HairGrowingOutStartedJustLike

When people feel threatened by you, they find something that is belittling.

Bruno Tonioli

PeopleFeelYouFindSomething

I enjoy staying home with friends more than going out. The other night, for example, my girlfriends and I stayed in listening to some '90s rap - my favorite kind. We were in the Hamptons and made it an all-Biggie weekend, all of his albums on repeat. I loved it.

Phoebe Tonkin

HomeListeningNightLovedEnjoy

I know Mick Jagger wouldn't tour without Keith Richards and call it the Rolling Stones.

Richie Sambora

KnowWithoutCallRollingStones

Art gives me the freedom I don't have when I make music.

Marilyn Manson

MusicFreedomArtMeMakeGives

The best way to break a bad habit is to drop it.

Leo Aikman

BestHabitBadWayBreakDrop

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