Famous quotes containing the words karl marx, jewish, question and/or marx:
“The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it.”
—Karl Marx (18181883)
“I know that I will always be expected to have extra insight into black textsespecially texts by black women. A working-class Jewish woman from Brooklyn could become an expert on Shakespeare or Baudelaire, my students seemed to believe, if she mastered the language, the texts, and the critical literature. But they would not grant that a middle-class white man could ever be a trusted authority on Toni Morrison.”
—Claire Oberon Garcia, African American scholar and educator. Chronicle of Higher Education, p. B2 (July 27, 1994)
“O.J. Berman: Well, answer the question now. Is she or isnt she?
Paul: Is she or isnt she what?
O.J. Berman: A phony.
Paul. I dont know. I dont think so.
O.J. Berman: You dont think so, huh? Well, youre wrong. She is. But on the other hand, youre right. Because shes a real phony.”
—George Axelrod (b. 1922)
“a big picture of K. Marx with an axe,
Where I cut off one it will never grow again.
O Karl would it were true
Id put my saw to work for you
& the wicked social tree would fall right down.”
—Gary Snyder (b. 1930)