Quotations
Oct. 7th, 2008 11:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
"There is almost no story of human fallibility and stupidity that does not create in me a rush of fellow feeling."
- SMH columnist Richard Glover, here
"Americans approach discussions of race with all the enthusiasm and unguarded honesty teenagers bring to parental talks about ejaculation. In other words, we hate talking about race, especially in mixed company. We share the certainty that no matter what we might say, someone out there is cringing at what we are saying."
- Something Awful, here
"There was a time when scholars were too keen to see sacred prostitution under every bush."
- John Day, in Biblical and Near Eastern Essays: Studies in Honour of Kevin J. Cathcart
- SMH columnist Richard Glover, here
"Americans approach discussions of race with all the enthusiasm and unguarded honesty teenagers bring to parental talks about ejaculation. In other words, we hate talking about race, especially in mixed company. We share the certainty that no matter what we might say, someone out there is cringing at what we are saying."
- Something Awful, here
"There was a time when scholars were too keen to see sacred prostitution under every bush."
- John Day, in Biblical and Near Eastern Essays: Studies in Honour of Kevin J. Cathcart