Propagandistic Quotes

#1. Robert Frost liked to distinguish between grievances (complaints) and griefs (sorrows). He even suggested that grievances, which are propagandistic, should be restricted to prose, leaving poetry free to go its way in tears.

Edward Hirsch

#2. Intelligence is so damn rare and the people who have it often have such a bad time with it that they get bitter or propagandistic and then it's not much use.

Ernest Hemingway,

#3. It must be said that today, at the end of its semantic evolution, the word 'terrorist' is an intrinsically propagandistic term. It has no neutral readability. It dispenses with all reasoned examination of political situations, of their causes and consequences.

Alain Badiou

#4. The James Carville "herd of cows" quote is a fabrication, posted on the website thinkexist by someone going by thisoneworks. It has no attribution. Just another conservative propagandistic fabrication as far as I can tell.

James Carville

#5. The message of [Fahernheit 9/11] is very weak and propagandistic ... We were used to such messages in the communist days. Everybody has open eyes and can understand that this is propaganda. It was a weak film that tells us nothing new.

Vaclav Klaus

#6. Do not ask, "Is is possible?" rather, "Is is worth what it will require of me to make it happen?

Toni Sorenson

#7. As a person who is not confrontational by disposition I tend to see that the quality of being confrontational is a positive attribute.

John Hall

#8. I think ultimately Obama's ability to rebuild America's image in the world will depend less on his personal good will and more his ability to rebuild an American economic model that seems stable and humane and dynamic.

Peter Beinart

#9. [A] common denominator in European wars going back to the Crusades
no matter who won or lost, the one fairly reliable constant was that Jews somewhere were going to suffer.

Scott Anderson

#10. [ ... ] The most effective insinuation is the one that gives facts that are valueless in themselves, yet cannot be denied because they are true.

Umberto Eco

#11. The only proper mask to wear in life is your own damn face.

Toni Cade Bambara

#12. I do isometrics in church so while I'm doing my soul some good, I'm doing my body some good, too.

Grace Kelly

#13. The R&D department can't get them to work but because the timing is wrong. Inventing is a lot like surfing: you have to anticipate and catch the wave at just the right moment.

Ray Kurzweil

#14. Drawing conclusions is up to the jury, that is, the readers. My only job is to be talented, that is, to know how to distinguish important testimony from unimportant, to place my characters in the proper light and speak their language.

Janet Malcolm

#15. My name is James Guckert. Well, when you read it, it's always pronounced some other way.

Jeff Gannon

#16. All must admit that the reception of the teachings of Christ results in the purest patriotism, in the most scrupulous fidelity to public trust, and in the best type of citizenship.

Grover Cleveland