Category Archives: Quotable Notables

Quotable: Bill Lishman on the environment

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Sabina Becker

“As individuals I have no doubt that we are the most intelligent beings on this planet. All living things strive to influence their environment to satisfy their needs, but all other species are directed by relatively limited and unvarying sets … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Bernie Sanders on the US midterm elections

Posted on November 9, 2022 by Sabina Becker

With his characteristic honesty, the Bern sums up the situation and congratulates some important luminaries of the progressive wing of the Democratic party: As he stresses at the end, the work of the progressives isn’t over yet. They’re up against … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Stieg Larsson on neo-Nazism

Posted on November 25, 2021 by Sabina Becker

“To claim that neo-Nazism is just a transitory fashion is a myth that has been allowed to take root for too many years. The effect is that the authorities — for lack of any better alternative — call in social … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Martin Luther on surviving the bubonic plague in the 1500s

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Sabina Becker

Even half a millennium ago, some Christians understood how NOT to be a plague rat. Are you listening today, evangelicals?

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Quotable: Graham Greene on writers and privacy

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Sabina Becker

“Writing is the most private of all the arts, and yet few of us hesitate to invade the writer’s home. We have all heard of that one caller from Porlock, but hundreds of callers every day are ringing doorbells, lifting … Continue reading →

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Quotable: A Georgia homeboy has words for Marjorie Taylor Greene

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Sabina Becker

And also, for people who insist on perpetuating the stereotypes about guys with accents like his: BTW, if you’re not following Corey’s YouTube channel (whether you share his accent or not), what are you even doing with your life?

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Quotable: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on being trapped in the Capitol terror attack

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Sabina Becker

She doesn’t mince words. And no wonder: The terrorists were out for blood, and especially, HERS. She’s one of the youngest, non-whitest, most progressive members of the House. She’s a rising star, and everybody who has heard even a little … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on corrupt lawmakers

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Sabina Becker

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Quotable: Martin Luther King on “riots”

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Sabina Becker

Please note that he said this all the way back in 1967. And yet, were he still living, he could just as easily have uttered it yesterday. The very conditions black US-Americans face today were already in place back then. … Continue reading →