“Disgrace is a subtle, multi-layered story, as much concerned with politics as it is with the itch of male flesh. Coetzee's prose is chaste and lyrical without being self- conscious: it is a relief to encounter writing as quietly stylish as this. I was not totally convinced by Lurie's musical abilities, with regard to his proposed opera, but that is my sole complaint.” WritingSelfStoriesAbilityConsciousConcernedRegardMalesMusicalConvincedFleshEncountersProseReliefSubtleOperaSoleComplaintsDisgraceSelf ConsciousLyricalChasteStylishMusical AbilityCoetzee Author:Paul Bailey
“A sub-clerk in the post office is the equal of a conqueror if consciousness is common to them. All experiences are indifferent in this regard. There are some that do either a service or a disservice to man. They do him a service if he is conscious. Otherwise, that has no importance: a man's failures imply judgment, not of circumstances, but of himself.” IfsMenCommonConsciousnessCircumstancesEqualOfficeJudgmentConsciousImportanceRegardPostsIndifferentConquerorClerksDisservicePost Office Book:The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays Source: The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays
“If the rest of your brain were conscious, it would probably regard you as the pointy-haired boss from Dilbert” IfsBrainConsciousRegardBossDilbert Book:Firefall Source: Firefall
“If everybody is looking for it, then nobody is finding it. If we were cultured, we would not be conscious of lacking culture. We would regard it as something natural and would not make so much fuss about it. And if we knew the real value of this word we would be cultured enough not to give it so much importance.” IfsGivingRealEnoughWould BeValuesCultureNaturalFindingsConsciousImportanceRegardLackingReal Value Author:Pablo Picasso
“The settler makes history and is conscious of making it. And because he constantly refers to the history of his mother country, he clearly indicates that he himself is the extension of that mother country. Thus the history which he writes is not the history of the country which he plunders but the history of his own nation in regard to all that she skims off, all that she violates and starves.” WritingCountryMotherCultureNationsJusticeDiversityConsciousRegardSocial JusticeExtensionsPlunderSettlersMother Country Book:Damnés de la terre Source: Damnés de la terre
“The more that man is able to distinguish himself from the rest of creation, the more he becomes conscious of himself as subject, as an "I", to whom the whole world is Object, the more does he tend to confuse himself with God, to confuse his spirit with the Spirit of God.” MenWorldDoeReasonSpiritSubjectsCreationObjectsDivineConsciousRegardSpirit Of God Author:Emil Brunner
“Our intention to regard the closing of the Straits as a casus belli was communicated...to the foreign ministers of those states which had supported international navigation in the Straits in 1957 and thereafter. There can be no doubt that these warnings reached Cairo. One thing was now clear. If Nasser imposed a blockade, the explosion would ensue not from 'miscalculation', but from an open-eyed and conscious readiness for war.” IfsWarStatesClearDoubtOne ThingConsciousRegardIntentionInternationalMinistersNo DoubtWarningClosingExplosionsReadinessNavigationCairoBlockadesMiscalculations Author:Abba Eban
“To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I have always wagered against God and I regard the little that I have won in this world as simply the outcome of this bet. However paltry may have been the stake (my life) I am conscious of having won to the full. Everything that is doddering, squint-eyed, vile, polluted and grotesque is summoned up for me in that one word: God!” ThinkingWorldMayLittlesHas BeensMadeGodShowsSpeakAtheismThis WorldConsciousRegardPositive AtheismOutcomesStakesOne WordGrotesque Author:Andre Breton