Nannyism Quotes

#1. The nannyism is partly to distract from the corruption - and partly just another opportunity to leverage it. A good general rule is that the more a government wants to run its citizens' lives, the worse job it will do at the most basic tasks of government.

Glenn Reynolds

#2. Political correctness is one of the engines of nannyism. Allowing and even encouraging 'offensive' ideas is vital for the intellectually health of a free society.

David Harsanyi

#3. I unwittingly became sort of this anorexia spokeswoman.

Tracey Gold

#4. Sometimes pain is the call of a wound that needs tending, and sometimes it is the sting of its healing.

Melissa Febos

#5. I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.

Randy Bachman

#6. I was never really seeking to play music. I knew I wanted to do it, but I think I wasn't seeking it out because it seemed so abstract to me.

Kevin Morby

#7. But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false?

H.P. Lovecraft

#8. The lamps are different, but the Light is the same. One matter, one energy, one Light, one Light-mind, endlessly emanating all things.

Rumi

#9. You're the champion, I reminded myself. You have to fight a dragon. You're not allowed to be scared of a penis.

Nicole Peeler

#10. To understand a word, we need to learn where it was born, what paths it took to reach where it is today, and how it has changed along the way. The word 'nice' is a positive word today, but hundreds of years ago, it meant 'stupid.'

Anu Garg

#11. Even if she were going crazy, she didn't want to look like she was going crazy.

Rick Riordan

#12. Sure. But if an undead creature or whatever comes out to eat our brains or suck out our blood, don't blame me.

Mark Alders

#13. The World Bank can only survive if it's spending money.

Dambisa Moyo