Quotes for All
Since it was announced that I had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has condemned my works and criticized them harshly. All of my works are now banned from getting into China or being published in China. What author would want to return to a country that banned his or … Read more
If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval. Ezra Pound
Steve Jobs was notoriously blunt about products he found wanting, but his attack on Flash – Adobe’s popular technology for playing multimedia content inside a browser – was particularly vicious. Claiming it was buggy and insecure, Jobs banned it from the iPad. Evgeny Morozov
I banned bottled water from my house – we have a water-filter system so you can drink from the tap. We always drink out of glass, and recycling is a huge deal, which everybody can partake in. Eva Longoria
I’ve not given up hope the belly-putter will be banned. The R and A and the USGA are looking at it right now. Ernie Els
Ever heard of anyone executed for distributing copies of Grimm’s fairy tales? Imagine people trying to smuggle copies of Hans Christian Andersen’s works into China? The Bible, which has been called a mere collection of myths has suffered all of these fates: even today, copies of the Bible are banned and burned. There’s something about … Read more
When I was banned for nine months I had an opportunity to focus on something else and I needed to focus on something else. It’s who I am. I admire Miles Davis and Chet Baker a lot and I like this instrument, so I tried and I learned and practised for two months. But I … Read more
Banned! My eyes light up, I think I see stars. Anything that has been banned by anyone must be something I’d like. Elizabeth Wurtzel
Possession of books denounced as heretical was made a criminal offense. Copies of such books were burned and destroyed. But in Upper Egypt, someone, possibly a monk from a nearby monastery of St Pachomius, took the banned books and hid them from destruction – in the jar where they remained buried for almost 1,600 years. … Read more
No soul can be forever banned, Eternally bereft, Whoever falls from God’s right hand Is caught into his left. Edwin Markham