#establishment

If you haven't turned rebel by twenty you've got no heart; if you haven't turned establishment by thirty you've got no brains! ↗

— Kevin Spacey

#brains #establishment #got #haven #heart

At first, we couldn't be establishment, because we didn't have any money. We were guerrilla marketers, and we still are, a little bit. But, as we became No. 1 in our industry, we've had to modify our culture and become a bit more planned. ↗

— Phil Knight

#became #because #become #bit #culture

College is the grinding machine of the Mathematical Establishment, a conveyor belt that takes individuals from one cookie cutter to another so that the product comes within tight control limits out of the assembly line. ↗

— Bill Gaede

#establishment #gaede #mathematical-physics #mathematicians #mathematics

Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#bent #cherished #danger #denial #doubt

The downfall of every civilization comes, not from the moral corruption of the common man, but rather from the moral complacency of common men in high places. ↗

— E. Digby Baltzell

#men

The establishment of Zionist regime was a move by the world oppressor against the Islamic world. ↗

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

#establishment #islamic #islamic world #move #oppressor

There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably rare. ↗

— Daniel Ellsberg

#capable #careers #comes #courage #did

I don't care what the political establishment says, Republican, Democrat - I'm a problem solver. ↗

— Elizabeth Emken

#democrat #establishment #i #political #problem

The law increasing and organizing the military establishment of the United States has been nearly carried into effect, and the Army has been extensively and usefully employed during the past season. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#been #carried #during #effect #employed

There is massive propaganda for everyone to consume. Consumption is good for profits and consumption is good for the political establishment. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#consumption #establishment #everyone #good #massive