“All of us are already civilian soldiers, without knowing it...The great stroke of luck for the military class's terrorism is that no one recognizes it. People don't recognize the militarized part of their identity, of their consciousness.” PeopleConsciousnessClassKnowingMilitaryIdentityLuckSoldierTerrorismStrokesCivilians Book:Pure war Source: Pure war
“The very large, very respectable, and very knowing class of misanthropes who rejoice in the name of grumblers,--persons who are so sure that the world is going to ruin, that they resent every attempt to comfort them as an insult to their sagacity, and accordingly seek their chief consolation in being inconsolable, their chief pleasure in being displeased.” WorldPersonsNamesPleasureClassKnowingComfortRuinsChiefsInsultRejoiceConsolationRespectableResentMisanthropeSagacityGrumbling Book:Success and Its Conditions Source: Success and Its Conditions
“Motherhood goes back in history to a time when a father had no way of knowing his children. Fatherhood only became known when class patriarchal society had established itself and imposed monogamous marriage on women. Motherhood is like sun and rain and plants, a quality and product of nature which does not require laws or systems in order to exist.” WayChildrenDoeLawOrderFatherQualityKnownClassSunKnowingProductsRainPlantMotherhoodFatherhoodPatriarchal SocietySun And Rain Author:Nawal El Saadawi
“Living more lives than one, knowing people of all classes, all shades of opinion, monarchists, republicans, socialists, anarchists, has had a salutary effect on my mind. If every year of my life, every month of the year, I had lived with reformers and crusaders I should be, by this time, a fanatic. As it is I have had such varied things to do, I have had so many different contacts that I am not even very much of a crank.” PeopleIfsShouldYearsMindDifferentOpinionClassKnowingEffectsMonthsRepublicanContactJournalismThings To DoShadeFanaticsAnarchistReformersCrankLiving MoreMonths Of The Year Author:Rheta Childe Dorr
“There are two classes [of scientists], those who want to know, and do not care whether others think they know or not, and those who do not much care about knowing, but care very greatly about being reputed as knowing.” ThinkingKnowsWantTwoCareScienceClassKnowledgeKnowingScientist Book:The Notebooks of Samuel Butler Source: The Notebooks of Samuel Butler
“I was the kid in the class who was looking for the angles to question things or make wise-ass remarks, not knowing enough to be afraid of being myself or showing intelligence. But I wasn't the only kid like that in my classes because of where I grew up. I'm really thankful I grew up in a town where there were a lot of other mutant kids. I'm from Boulder, Colorado, which went through a lot of dramatic changes when I was growing up.” EnoughKidsClassGrowing UpKnowingWiseGrowingGrewGrew UpTownsAssDramaticNot KnowingAngleRemarksColoradoBeing MyselfBouldersMutantsDramatic ChangeWise Ass Author:Jello Biafra
“Some people do want to stand on the rooftop and scream out their story. Others are cowering in the corner, or sitting with a blank face in class, and not knowing how to tell their story.” PeopleWantStoriesFacesClassKnowingSittingCornersScreamNot KnowingBlankRooftops Author:Lauren Myracle
“I love to work out. I need to work out! Nothing makes me feel better than walking out of a spin or barre class knowing my body and mind got some attention.” NeedsFeelsMindBodyAttentionClassKnowingWalkingWork OutFeel BetterMind And BodyWalking OutMake Me Feel Better Author:Tara Lipinski
“"Marginalized others" have access to other ways of knowing, and therefore to deeper, more authentic truths about human reality. They can share that knowledge by speaking about their lived experience while in a safe space. But to provide this kind of safety, members of privileged groups, i.e. white, able-bodied, cis-gendered middle class men, must keep quiet.” MenWayHumansKindRealityAbleSpaceWhiteClassKnowingGroupsShareMiddleQuietSafeMembersSafetyDeeperAccessMiddle ClassPrivilegedMarginalizedSafe Space Author:Christina Hoff Sommers
“I want these to be names that young girls and boys and kids of all genders grow up knowing. It shouldn't just be when you take a feminist class in college, if you happen to do that. I hope this is fun and engaging for folks to watch.” IfsWantHappensKidsYoungGirlNamesFunGrowsClassBoysWatchesGrowing UpKnowingCollegeFolksFeministGenderEngagingBoy And Girl Author:Anita Sarkeesian