Sidney Hook Quotes: top 34 famous quotes about Sidney Hook

Sidney Hook Quotes & Sayings

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Shooting a movie isn't good for a sleep disorder. — Mike Birbiglia

To serve the public interest is not the same as being a servant of public opinion. — Sidney Hook

Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant. — Sidney Hook

The whole world knows that global warming is a left wing manufactured hoax. — Ileana Johnson Paugh

Immortal Spenser, no frailty hath thy fame but the imputation of this idiot's friendship! — Thomas Nashe

If there were any clear investigation of 9/11, they wouldn't let Louie Freeh off the hook. — Sidney Blumenthal

The next time anyone asks you "What is Bertrand Russell's philosophy?" the correct answer is "What year, please?" — Sidney Hook

Religious freedom in an open society has the best prospects of flourishing to the extent that it expresses itself as freedom of religious inquiry. — Sidney Hook

It seemed the heavens themselves conspired to cover up our crime. — Jenny Lloyd

The easiest rationalization for the refusal to seek the truth is the denial that truth exists. — Sidney Hook

To deny me the right to err is therefore to deny me the right to believe. — Sidney Hook

I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor. — Alexander Payne

Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values. — Sidney Hook

You don't have to live anywhere other than the place you are to start connecting with the world you want to be in. — Austin Kleon

If one shoots at a king, one must not miss. — Sidney Hook

The mob that hails the man on horseback, the Caesars and conquering heroes, does not retain its freedoms for long. — Sidney Hook

I hate record labels. They think they know everything. I want to hear them try to sing it. — Jessica Simpson

You'll find that as you get vider, you'll get viser. Vidth and visdom, Sammy, alvays grows together. — Charles Dickens

Noam Chomsky skittles and skithers all over the political landscape to distract the reader's attention from the plain truth. — Sidney Hook

Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness. — Sidney Hook

Wisdom is an affair of values, and of value judgments. It is intelligent conduct of human affairs. — Sidney Hook

[A]nti-Semitism was rife in almost all varieties of socialism. — Sidney Hook

No one who accepts the sovereignty of truth can be a foot soldier in a party or movement. He will always find himself out of step. — Sidney Hook

Stupidity is sometimes the greatest of historical forces. — Sidney Hook

Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value. — Sidney Hook

Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present. — Sidney Hook

In contrast to totalitarianism, democracy can face and live with the truth about itself. — Sidney Hook

Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system. — Sidney Hook

I'm a real girly-girl. — Olivia Culpo

Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure. — Sidney Hook

Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments. — Sidney Hook

Life has meaning for anyone who takes an interest in it. — Sidney Hook

I love being irreverent. But I hate being irrelevant. I love being irreverent because at the end of the day your actions belie your intentions. — Esai Morales

To silence criticism is to silence freedom. — Sidney Hook