Quotes for All
Contrary to the utopian rhetoric of social media enthusiasts, the Internet often makes the jump from deliberation to participation even more difficult, thwarting collective action under the heavy pressure of never-ending internal debate. Evgeny Morozov
Every daring attempt to make a great change in existing conditions, every lofty vision of new possibilities for the human race, has been labeled Utopian. Emma Goldman
In my imaginary utopian world there would be a greater allegiance between music writers and musicians. Emily Haines
I think if I were living in a utopian world, then it wouldn’t be political commentary; it would be about daffodils. Emily Haines
Michel Aflaq – is bad poetry wrapped in the guise of utopian politics, or great poetry wrapped in the guise of horrible politics. Elliott Colla
Universal design systems can no longer be dismissed as the irrelevant musings of a small, localized design community. A second modernism has emerged, reinvigorating the utopian search for universal forms that marked the birth of design as a discourse and a discipline nearly a century earlier. Ellen Lupton
Paradise A concept embraced by almost every culture. A land of peace and harmony. Some say it doesn’t belong to the earth, that there is no Shangri-la, no utopian wilderness for the living. Ellen Hopkins
My husband is not American. He was born in Brazil, where he grew up under a filthy, corrupt dictatorship. In his twenties, he moved to Europe, where he lived for a while under various socialist democracies. He spent a few years on a kibbutz in Israel, living out a utopian experiment in communal existence. Elizabeth … Read more
One can imagine a sane, healthy, cheerful human society based on no more than the principles of common sense, as validated each day by work, play, and living experience. But this remains the most utopian and fantastic of ideals. Edward Abbey
There are some good things to be said about walking. Not many, but some. Walking takes longer, for example, than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and prolongs life. Life is already too short to waste on speed. I have a friend who’s always in a hurry; he never … Read more