Jacques Derrida Quotes

You know what circumcision is, Private?

I did sacrifice a goat. I know that's probably a quibble in the mind of most Americans.

Sex and politics are a lot alike. You don't have to be good at them to enjoy them.

An important work of architecture will create polemics.

Argumentative exhibitions bring issues to life in a way that very much irritates traditional curators who want to see their pictures valued for themselves.

Male circumcision has been practiced for thousands of years and is a deeply important ceremony for two major religions.

Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion, some polemic, I think is good. It shows that people are interested, people are involved.

I don't want to sound disingenuous here - controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion - in my view, a good thing.

I had a breast reduction.

One of the inevitable aspects of debates about euthanasia is the reluctance on the part of advocates to confront the essence of what they propose.

For years, Judaism has been a sort of product put on the religious shelf, and on holidays, we would take it off the shelf and let seculars play with it for a bit. Now, Judaism is going back to being something that more closely touches everyone.

Bullfighting is every bit as ghoulish and savage as its critics warn, but it is equally as powerful and moving as its supporters insist. Perhaps the most vexing aspect about it is that neither group is wrong: they are both telling the truth.

When you have an addictive personality, you fixate upon things easily. Routines and behaviors, and ritual, becomes very important.

Ceremony and ritual are like a warm, fuzzy coat to the Brits. It feels good to put it on.

I love Stone Cold. It's a weird obsession, and he should probably get a restraining order.

'Obsession' has a bad rap.

My wife told me that in the Bible, Abraham circumcised himself... wow! I can't even get to the bank before it closes.

Sacred or not, sacrifice is an ugly business.

Ircumcision, an archaic ritual mutilation that has no justification whatever and no place in a civilized society.

My personal belief is we should not bow to any object. But Islam was aware of this human weakness and fulfilled that need through Haj to kiss a stone. A stone is a stone but the vacuum was filled and it became the holiest object. I have performed Haj and seen the devotion of people braving stampedes only to kiss that stone.

I am obsessed with you, angel. Addicted to you. You're everything i've ever wanted or needed, everything i've dreamed of. You're everything. I live and breathe you. For you.

I thought, There goes my lord, whom I was born to follow. I have found a King. And, I said to myself, looking after him as he walked away, I will have him, if I die for it.

The next best thing to talking to her is talking about her.

Some people are probably saner. They're good performers, and they go about their day. I just get obsessive about it.

... the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy.