Quotes About Government Brainwashing

#1. This invasion of one's mind by ready-made phrases (lay the foundations, achieve a radical transformation) can only be prevented if one is constantly on guard against then, and every such phrase anesthetizes a portion of one's brain.

George Orwell

#2. The United States tried, by depressing the clutch of diplomacy and downshifting the gearshift lever of rhetoric, to remain neutral, but it became increasingly obvious that the nation was going to get into a war, especially since it was almost 1812.

Dave Barry

#3. I would never say one was more important or more gratifying than the next because there's a tremendous amount of work, as you know, that goes into winning a cup.

Mark Messier

#4. The Rio de Contas, a wide, almost delta-like river, was startling, a sudden big sky and a feeling of openness, and very bright. It was noisy with birds. The rain forest houses most of the earth's plant and animal population. I hadn't anticipated it would be so loud.

Bill Buford

#5. Every moment of your lives you are exerting a tremendous influence, that will tell on the immortal interests of souls around you. Are you asleep, while your conduct is exerting such an influence?

Charles Grandison Finney

#6. One person standing on the Rock can throw a lifeline to others drowning in the sea. He

Francine Rivers

#7. From childhood I was compelled to concentrate attention upon myself. This caused me much suffering, but to my present view, it was a blessing in disguise for it has taught me to appreciate the inestimable value of introspection in the preservation of life, as well as a means of achievement.

Nikola Tesla

#8. The Mother of Sorrows is my confidante, my teacher, my counselor, and my powerful advocate.

Pio Of Pietrelcina

#9. If you can convince people that freedom is injustice, they will then believe that slavery is freedom.

Stefan Molyneux

#10. The advance planning and sense stimuli employed to capture a $10 million cigarette or soap market are nothing compared to the brainwashing and propaganda blitzes used to ensure control of the largest cash market in the world: the Executive Branch of the United States Government.

Phyllis Schlafly

#11. Real life is only ever just real life. Messy. What it means depends on how you look at it. The only thing you've got to do is find a way to live there.

Patrick Ness

#12. There's another girl who was going to play Hilary Faye and luckily she wound up not doing it.

Heather Matarazzo

#13. The excrement bubbles, the century slime decays, and the brainwashing government lackeys would have us say it's under control.

Jethro Tull

#14. I would love to meet Kelly Clarkson and if I get the chance to I would tell her thank you so much for the inspiration.

Thia Megia

#15. The Black Eyed Peas sell thousands of seats in every country on the planet. You can't get nervous. We're all succeeding in all different parts of our careers. Just because I produce Nas and John Legend and Justin Timberlake doesn't mean it will change the dynamic of the Peas.

Will.i.am

#16. A new reader shouldn't be able to find you in your work, though someone who's read more may begin to.

E.L. Doctorow

#17. Fuck you," whispers Slothrop. It's the only spell he knows, and a pretty good all-purpose one at that.

Thomas Pynchon