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“They were the first Westerners. The spirit of the West, the modern spirit, is a Greek discovery; and the place of the Greeks is in the modern world.”
Source : Edith Hamilton (1987). “The Greek way ; The Roman way”, Random House Value Pub
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“The things that inform student culture are created and controlled by the unseen culture, the sociological aspects of our climbing culture, our 'me' generation, our yuppie culture, our SUVs, or, you know, shopping culture, our war culture.”
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“We’ve been fighting about gay marriage for what, 15-20 years now. Is there any evidence that fighting gay marriage is contributing to a greater appreciation among the broad society of the marital institution? Is there any evidence that the re-institutionalization of marriage is happening as a result of opposing gay marriage? And the best answer I can give to that is 'no.'”
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“It’s not the job of the teacher to save a child’s soul; it is the teacher’s job to provide an opportunity for the child to save his own soul.”
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“My biggest enemy is me and even I can't stop me”
Source : Song: You Can't Stop Me, Album: Never Land, 2014
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“It is. But not as hard as farce.”
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“It is safest to grasp the concept of the postmodern as an attempt to think the present historically in an age that has forgotten how to think historically in the first place.”
Source : Fredric Jameson (1991). “Postmodernism, Or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism”, p.9, Duke University Press
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“It's important in any project to remain focused.”
Source : Live chat, www.baltimoresun.com. May 31, 2001.