The grand irony, however, is that Southern segregation was not brought to an end, nor redneck violence dramatically reduced, by violence. Stanley Crouch bringdramaticallyend Change image and share on social
The high point of civilization is that you can hate me and I can hate you but we develop an etiquette that allows us to deal with each other because if we acted solely upon our impulse we'd probably go to war. Stanley Crouch actcivilizationdeal share on social
People don't really think other people are the same. Stanley Crouch people Change image and share on social
The discussion of ideas as opposed to the American narcissistic obsession with what's going on with the self, that's the general thing people are talking about. Stanley Crouch americandiscussiongeneral Change image and share on social
All of us are made up of the stories that we listen to, the ones we disagree with and the ones that we agree with. Stanley Crouch agreedisagreelisten Change image and share on social
Big business, for all its lobbying, is often put in line by investigative reporting, public scandals and multi-million-dollar judgments in court against those who put products on the market that are dangerous to their buyers. Stanley Crouch bigbusinessbuyer share on social
Our job as writers and thinkers in the time is how to bring about the occasions that let people have that first-person experience - or the metaphoric experience that allows them to see human continuity as opposed to total threat, total willingness to do violence. Stanley Crouch bringcontinuityexperience share on social
I wanted to get to that aesthetic proposition that comes out of learning the human elements of a world, so that those notes and rhythms mean something to you besides just the academic way in which they fall in place. Stanley Crouch academicaestheticelement share on social
If there's an intellectual highway, there's also an intellectual subway. Stanley Crouch highwayintellectualsubway Change image and share on social
Everybody has to be reminded that there's another way to be. Another more mysterious, unpredictable way to be that's not necessarily based upon contrivances. Stanley Crouch basecontrivancemysterious Change image and share on social
