Zygmunt Bauman Quotes

Human attention tends to be focused on the satisfactions relationships are hoped to bring, precisely because somehow they have not been truly satisfactory. And if they do satisfy, the price of this satisfaction has often been found to be unacceptable.

Zygmunt Bauman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: sociologist
  • Nationality: polish
  • Birth: November 19, 1925 - January 9, 2017

Topics

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I am absolutely convinced there should be financial and political incentives for states to declare. You shouldn't be the pariah of the world if you say you have Ebola, but in reality this is what happens.

Joanne Liu

I AmWorldRealityPoliticalYou

Of all the mountain ranges I have climbed, I like the Sierra Nevada the best.

John Muir

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There's nothing you can know that isn't known.

John Lennon

YouKnowNothingKnown

She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.' I said, 'Well fine. You want to be my agent and not make anything.' I thought, 'Boy, is she dumb.'

Amy Tan

ThoughtYouDumbSaidWantBoy

A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience.

Stanley Baldwin

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Music is love in search of a word.

Sidney Lanier

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People who want to do stand-up from the start - I mean that's an extremely self-centred thing to want, isn't it?

Ronnie Corbett

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I think some period drama can be quite alienating, but 'Downton' isn't. This is going to sound quite, um, pretentious, but someone said that it's like a soap written by a poet.

Michelle Dockery

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I don't research anything.

Derek Bailey

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Science stands for rational thought, faith for superstition and unreason.

Deepak Chopra

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People have recognized me sometimes but not much. I'm glad my life isn't too different. I don't want it to be.

Thomas Horn

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I could never be a country person, sitting around trees trying to write a song. I would rather be in the middle of society, whether it's growing or crumbling.

Ric Ocasek

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