Home / Quotes / Quote by Jacques Ellul

Quote by Jacques Ellul

“This is where each individual must decide for himself. The essential thing is the decision to challenge the modern state, which without this small group of protesters will be checked by neither brake, value, nor reason.”

Quote by Jacques Ellul

Author

Jacques Ellul (January 6, 1912 - May 19, 1994) was a prominent French philosopher known for his work in the fields of technological philosophy, sociology, and Christian theology. His research focused on the profound reflections on the impact of technology and society on modern life. more

You May Also Like

“We value love not because it's stronger than death but because it's weaker. Say what you want about love: death will finish it. You will not go on loving in the grave, not in any physical way that will at all resemble love as we know it on earth. The perishable nature of love is what gives love its importance in our lives. If it were endless, if it were on tap, love wouldn't hit us the way it does.”

Ifs Knows Way Want Love Giving Doe Earth Values Love Is Our Lives Goes On Importance Stronger What You Want Graves Endless Love Death

Author:Jeffrey Eugenides

“If you grew up in a house where you weren't loved, you didn't know there was an alternative.”

Ifs Knows Love House Grew Grew Up Alternatives

Book:The Marriage Plot: A Novel

Source: The Marriage Plot: A Novel

“I was aware that you weren't supposed to write about suburbia, that it was undignified in some way, the subject matter not momentous enough. And so, for a long time, that kept me from writing about it. But once I began, I realized it was just as interesting as anywhere else.”

Way Writing Long Matter Enough Interesting Subjects Long Time I Realized Subject Matter Suburbia

Author:Jeffrey Eugenides

“I recently went mad and spent 1,000 in one afternoon on bras and knickers. I love classy, lacy stuff that makes you feel dead sexy knowing you've got it on. I've never worn stockings and suspenders, though. But I could imagine they'd make you feel really sexy worn under something formal. I think I'll save that experience and wear them under my wedding dress.”

Thinking Feels Stuff Knowing Imagine Dresses Mad Sexy Afternoon Worn Formal Underwear Bras Stockings Wedding Dress Knickers Suspenders

Author:Jennifer Ellison

“In those moments where you're not quite sure if the undead are really dead, dead, don't get all stingy with your bullets. I mean, one more clean shot to the head, and this lady could have avoided becoming a human Happy Meal. Woulda... coulda... shoulda.”

Ifs Humans Mean Moments Becoming Shots Clean Meals Bullets Avoided Undead Stingy Zombie Movie Zombieland Woulda Coulda Shoulda

Author:Jesse Eisenberg

“To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind.”

Mind Humans Stills Peace Weakness Doctrine Propaganda Human Mind Dominating

Author:Charlotte Perkins Gilman

“The first rule of Zombieland: Cardio. When the zombie outbreak first hit, the first to go, for obvious reasons ... were the fatties.”

Firsts Reason Obvious Zombie Cardio Outbreaks Fatty Zombie Movie Zombieland

Author:Jesse Eisenberg

“Handguns are a public health issue.”

Issues Public Health Handguns Health Issues

Author:Joycelyn Elders

“How do you get rid of the trash? It's out there in society, it's going on every day. You can educate children an awful lot easier than you can get rid of the trash.”

Children Easier Awful Educate Trash

Author:Joycelyn Elders

“If men went through menopause, we'd know everything about it, but we still don't even know if we should be taking hormones.”

Ifs Knows Men Should Stills Hormones Menopause

Author:Joycelyn Elders