Category Archives: Quotable Notables

Quotable: David Rosen on right-wing “feminists”

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“The Tea Party movement, like the Christian right, champions the “sexy sisters” as a may to restore the old-fashioned man on his long-lost throne. So long as women do not demand abortion rights, maternity leave, equal pay and equal sexual … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Amy Wilentz on Haiti

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“The figure of the Haitian living abroad is one that evokes bitter comedy and, often, envy among Haitians living in Haiti. Haitian Haitians can quickly spot someone from what is called the diaspora visiting Port-au-Prince. A Haitian friend once told … Continue reading →

Quotable: Anne Sexton on the composition of poetry

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“Those moments before a poem comes, when the heightened awareness comes over you, and you realize a poem is buried there somewhere, you prepare yourself. I run around, you know, kind of skipping around the house, marvelous elation. It’s as … Continue reading →

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Quotable: JFK on tolerance

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one’s own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.” –John F. Kennedy(This, in a nutshell, is why you’ll never hear me calling for anyone’s death, not even that of a … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Kate Harding on rape culture

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Sabina Becker

” ‘Cause the thing is, you and the guys you hang out with may not really mean anything by it when you talk about crazy bitches and dumb sluts and heh-heh-I’d-hit-that and you just can’t reason with them and you … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Helen Keller on activism

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Sabina Becker

‎”I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.” –Helen Keller

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Quotable: Tony Judt on language

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“Cultural insecurity begets its linguistic doppelgänger. The same is true of technical advance. In a world of Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter (not to mention texting), pithy allusion substitutes for exposition. Where once the Internet seemed an opportunity for unrestricted communication, … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Carol King on abortion rights in Argentina

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“I’ve often heard anti-choice mourning about the prevented birth of another Einstein or Gandhi. But what about the loss of a talented woman who dies from an illegal abortion? Or what happens to a young woman who can’t continue her … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Iain McGilchrist on poetry

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“Poetry engraves itself in the brain: it doesn’t just slip smoothly over the cortex as language normally does. It has all the graininess of life, as it rips into being from deep within the limbic system, the ancient seat of … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Howard Zinn on civil disobedience

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Sabina Becker

‎”Civil disobedience, that’s not our problem. Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails … Continue reading →