Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Ivan Illich Quotes

I consider the indiscriminate propagation of self-help to be morally unacceptable... self-help is the opposite of autonomous or vernacular life.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Life Opposite Autonomous Self-Help

I always conceive a piece as a different set of challenges.

John Corigliano

Challenges Always Different Set

In a total work, the failures have their not unimportant place.

Work Place Failures Total

The price of gold was fixed at $35 an ounce in 1934, but by the time the U.S. got through the Korean War, the Vietnam war, with all the associated secular inflation, the price level had gone up nearly three times.

Time War Gold Price Three Gone

I was wondering if any of my faith was real at all, and I started to let go of a lot of things that I had learned and say, 'Maybe I just need to start over entirely with what I have learned about my faith.' And that's what I did.

Faith Start I Have Learned Go Say

Barack Obama is one of the greatest politicians in American history.

History American Politicians Greatest

And across Afghanistan, every single day, Afghan soldiers, Afghan police and ISAF troops are serving shoulder-to-shoulder in some very difficult situations. And our engagement with them, our shoulder-to-shoulder relationship with them, our conduct of operations with them every single day defines the real relationship.

Relationship Day Police Difficult

I was raised in a Bronx public housing project, but studied at two of the nation's finest universities. I did work as an assistant district attorney, prosecuting violent crimes that devastate our communities.

Sonia Sotomayor

Work Project Two Nation Housing Our

I have this deep and abiding faith in God. But this does not mean that you have to have a religion or follow somebody.

Rodrigo Duterte

God Faith Religion Deep You Follow

I've just always liked monsters, since I was a little kid. It was always the thing I found interesting. It's always what I wanted to draw; it's always what I wanted to read, and so, yeah, I don't know. It's a good question for a therapist, why I like monsters. But I tend to not question it. It's what pays the bills, so that's kind of nice.

Good Interesting Know Nice Kind Why

There is absolutely no doubt that the extraordinary Donna Summer belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Rock And Roll Doubt Summer Fame Rock

If you go in Spain, you have to play with another style. The English culture is the English culture. If you come here, you have to play in this style.

Claudio Ranieri

Style Culture You Play Go Here

Mom would kill me if I showed my navel.

Me Mom Would Navel

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Ivan Illich