Ivan Illich Quotes

Most people, throughout history, haven't learned one language to the exclusion of another. You learn to speak differently to a peasant and to a shoemaker. You speak differently to your mother, who comes from Burgundy, and to your father, who comes from Swabia.

Ivan Illich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FatherMotherHistoryPeopleSpeak

Of the times that I've been able to overcome a fear, it's been by making it something that I can understand, that I can hold on to - just something that's more tangible.

Jens Lekman

FearI CanUnderstandOvercomeMore

'Austerity' is a real weasel word because it's an attempt to make something value-based and abstract out of something which, in reality, consists simply of spending cuts.

John Lanchester

RealityRealOutAbstractSomething

Like anything important, anything you need people to hear - you've got to have music for it. You've got to make it at least a little piece of a song or sometimes a whole song.

Trey Parker

MusicPeopleSongYouSometimes

I ain't a 16-fight novice who has only fought at British title level.

Tony Bellew

LevelBritishOnlyWhoTitleFought

Most things I worry about never happen anyway.

Tom Petty

WorryNeverHappenThingsMost

When I was little, acting opportunities were always proposed to me as 'a favour.'

Rory Culkin

MeOpportunitiesActingAlwaysWere

Going forward, I would love to work with directors like Rian Johnson and Joss Whedon; people like that who are doing big films but do have really independent voices. That's kind of what I want to focus on, is always working with people with at least an independent point of view, even if it's not an independent film.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

WorkLoveFocusPeopleForwardView

I grew up with nothing, and I know that I don't need anything to be happy. We were wearing second-hand clothing and eating leftovers, and I was so happy. Five-star hotels and private pick-ups hasn't changed that.

Lukas Forchhammer

HappyBe HappyEatingKnowNothing

I didn't want to get back into the whole industry. I left overworked, overwhelmed, and not having any control over my life. I was bulimic and needed to heal.

Cheryl James

LifeControlMy LifeBackWantOver

The military lead turbulent lives, but they are people like everybody else.

William Westmoreland

PeopleMilitaryLeadLikeEverybody

In a sense, if you're not getting it wrong really a lot when you're creating imaginary futures, then you're just not doing it enough. You're not creating enough imaginary futures.

William Gibson

DoingEnoughYouWrongCreating

I started in the restaurant industry when I was 22, so I've had quite a long tenure, if you will.

Lidia Bastianich

RestaurantLongYouWillIndustry

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