Ivan Illich Quotes

The telephone lets anybody say what he wants to the person of his choice; he can conduct business, express love, or pick a quarrel. It is impossible for bureaucrats to define what people say to each other on the phone, even though they can interfere with - or protect - the privacy of their exchange.

Ivan Illich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I feel blessed that I had an opportunity to be in the Big Ten for four years as a player and be in the Big Ten as a coach for eight years. To get 12 years in a conference like the Big Ten - it's a first-class league with great towns and great fans.

Steve Alford

OpportunityGreatBlessedFeelCoach

I was never afraid of getting up early and practice for many hours. I often go to practice very early during winter.

Stan Wawrinka

WinterPracticeEarlyGoNeverUp

I love the sound of a Tyson Fury fight.

Tony Bellew

LoveFightSoundFuryI LoveTyson

This is the artist, then, life's hungry man, the glutton of eternity, beauty's miser, glory's slave.

Tom Wolfe

LifeBeautyManArtistGloryHungry

The U.S. has fallen behind with tax policies that haven't been updated in a half-century.

Rob Portman

TaxBehindBeenFallenPolicies

Anything that stimulates the public's imagination about the nobility and the importance of space exploration is something that I'm very excited to be a part of.

Ron Howard

ImaginationSpaceExplorationExcited

Marriage is really an exciting adventure.

Ruby Dee

MarriageAdventureExcitingReally

I have been obsequious toward Western civilization, exaggerating its merits and, at the same time, exaggerating my own merits.

Liu Xiaobo

TimeCivilizationMy OwnSameOwn

If his presidency is to represent the full power of the idea that black Americans are just like everyone else - fully human and fully capable of intellect, courage and patriotism - then Barack Obama has to be subject to the same rough and tumble of political criticism experienced by his predecessors.

Juan Williams

PowerCouragePatriotismCriticism

You all know that each title in the Chronicles has a chess theme; that's partly because of the overall design of the Chronicles themselves - the game of chess as an analogue of the game of life.

Dorothy Dunnett

LifeGameDesignYouKnowChess

It's considered acceptable in our culture to approach perfect strangers, as often or not who may be in extremis, and evangelise. I don't see why that's considered a normal thing.

Christopher Hitchens

CulturePerfectStrangersWhySee

I think some people watch 'Raging Bull,' or they watch 'The Piano Teacher,' and I think they're more, maybe, able to process an antihero in a dramatic context, where people more want comedy to take care of them. But that's not really taking care of people. That's just providing escape, which sometimes is necessary.

Brett Gelman

TeacherPeopleThinkCareTake Care

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