Logo
Quote by Christopher Lasch
The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom

The left has come to regard common sense – the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community – as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment. – Christopher Lasch

Other quotes by Christopher Lasch

Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society, where people greet all official pronouncements with suspicion. – Christopher Lasch

Category:
Society
Author
Christopher Lasch
Read Quote

The attempt to redefine the family as a purely voluntary arrangement grows out of the modern delusion that people can keep all their options open all the time. – Christopher Lasch

Category:
Family
Author
Christopher Lasch
Read Quote

Knowledge is what we get when an observer, preferably a scientifically trained observer, provides us with a copy of reality that we can all recognize. – Christopher Lasch

Category:
Knowledge
Author
Christopher Lasch
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Wisdom
category

If God had sufficient wisdom and power to construct such a beautiful world as this, then we must admit that his wisdom and power are immeasurably greater than that of man, and hence he is qualified to reign as king. – Orson Pratt

Category:
Wisdom

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention. – John Burroughs

Category:
Wisdom

Theres always a miasma of misinformation emerging from the higher education sector as to which are the best courses to take. My advice would always be to ignore the perceived wisdom and look for the most reliable evidence on the ground. – David Puttnam

Category:
Wisdom

Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of our mind, waiting for our call. We have need for them. They represent the wisdom of our race. – Stanley Kunitz

Category:
Wisdom

Random Quotes

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Category:
Dreams

Take the decision in early March to arrest Muqtada al-Sadr. It was made apparently without knowledge or understanding of the nature of his movement or how widespread it is. – Juan Cole

Category:
Knowledge

Also for me it was different because I play a lot of villains and in this one I play a dad and I play a good guy, basically. Hes the Secretary of the Treasury. I never had a job like that. – Christopher Walken

Category:
dad

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once. – Samuel Butler

Category:
Loss