Vicarious – Quotes

I think life on

I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems… It’s got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious. Elon Musk

History at its best

History at its best is vicarious experience. Edmund Morgan

Certainly the most obvious . . . example of the strictly infantile essence of America’s all-conquering mentality greets our eyes daily, anywhere and everywhere, in the guise of the tabloid newspaper. The tabloid newspaper actually means to the typical American of the era what the Bible is popularly supposed to have meant to the typical … Read more

As popular culture becomes

As popular culture becomes more presentist, we move away from entertainment as the vicarious experience of a narrative – as watching someone else’s story – and much more toward enacting one’s own story. Moving away from myths and toward fantasy role-playing games, away from movies and toward videogames. Douglas Rushkoff

A love that left

A love that left people alone in their guilt would not have real people as its object. So, in vicarious responsibility for people, and in His love for real human beings, Jesus becomes the one burdened by guilt. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

There is nothing so

There is nothing so cleansing or reassuring as a vicarious sadness. David Rakoff

Napster’s only alleged liability

Napster’s only alleged liability is for contributory or vicarious infringement. So when Napster’s users engage in noncommercial sharing of music, is that activity copyright infringement? No. David Boies

I always felt that’s

I always felt that’s why people buy records anyhow is because they get that vicarious excitement and thrill that they don’t get unless they buy your record. Cosimo Matassa

I think that horror

I think that horror fiction is one of the ways to approach these problems of death. Clive Barker

At best you can

At best you can hold death at bay, you can pretend it isn’t there; but to deny it totally is a sickness. And I think that horror fiction is one of the ways to approach these problems, and, perversely perhaps, to enjoy a vicarious confrontation with them. Clive Barker