#brainwash

I would have been completely brainwashed by this lopsided and racist view of the world if it weren't for my father. He was a deep thinker and an irrepressible problem solver. He was a Black Socrates, asking why and then spoiling ready-made replies. ↗

— Walter Mosley

#been #black #brainwashed #completely #deep

My children - in many dimensions they're as poorly behaved as many other children, but at least on this dimension I've got my kids brainwashed: You don't use Google, and you don't use an iPod. ↗

— Steve Ballmer

#brainwashed #children #dimension #dimensions #google

Take the risk of thinking for yourself, much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way. (Closing statement of the debate with William Dembski at Prestonwood Baptist Church, Plano, Texas, November 18, 2010) ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#critical-thinking #independent-thought #truth #wisdom #beauty

But I think what Liam said just kind of hit it spot on, that the people in the capital are brainwashed and such a disconnect with what's actually happening. They don't realize what if it was their kids that were being put into the games? They just don't have the mindset to have that kind of compassion for people. ↗

— Josh Hutcherson

#being #brainwashed #capital #compassion #disconnect

The issue here isn't whether every student is brainwashed, it's whether it is appropriate. ↗

— David Horowitz

#brainwashed #every #here #issue #student

All you have to do to educate a child is leave him alone and teach him to read. The rest is brainwashing. ↗

— Ellen Gilcrist

#education #education