Zygmunt Bauman Quotes

Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done.

Zygmunt Bauman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PowerPoliticsDoneNeedAbility

My earliest influence was Quincy Jones. I thought 'The Wiz' soundtrack was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard. It was my first record and you had Michael Jackson, Ted Ross, Nipsey Russell and Diana Ross on it. I even took it to show and tell in third grade!

Jill Scott

AmazingInfluenceThoughtYouFirst

Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not color, but to accept God's final word on where your lips end.

Jerry Seinfeld

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If you give me the chance, I'll destroy America for you.

John Lydon

MeChanceAmericaYouDestroyGive

He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the greatest number of the greatest ideas.

John Ruskin

IdeasArtistGreatestWhoHeSum

To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational. The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like.

Stephen Hawking

WorkAloneChallengeBrainThinking

Most people who are successful don't keep their money. One of the rarest things in the world is to maintain success and integrity - the kinds of things that seem so easy just starting out. But that's the human predicament.

Sophie B. Hawkins

SuccessIntegrityMoneyPeopleWorld

It's so sad, actually, how teachers and parents tell their kids, 'You're never gonna be anything.'

Solange Knowles

SadParentsYouTeachersNeverTell

Athletes, coaches and parents today are increasingly aware of the danger of concussion, and this awareness influences decisions about buying new and reconditioned football helmets.

Tom Udall

TodayFootballParentsDecisionsNew

What you should worry about is how you suffer here on this planet. You do not worry about suffering after you make the exit.

Rodrigo Duterte

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I love my black hair, but some imes I'd like to be blond, but I don't think it suits Asian girl... What a pity!

Ming Xi

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It never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job othe than at one's best ability.

Lord Mountbatten

FatherBestJobMindNeverAbility

Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.

Philip Zimbardo

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