“The orgasm has replaced the Cross as the focus of longing and the image of fulfillment.”

— Malcolm Muggeridge

Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "The orgasm has replaced the Cross as the focus of longing and the image of fulfillment." by Malcolm Muggeridge?

Malcolm Muggeridge 37

English journalist, author, media personality, and satirist 1903–1990

Stephie Pahlavi Zan

“Cannabis also enhances the enjoyment of sex — on the one hand it gives an exquisite sensitivity, but on the other hand it postpones orgasm: in part by distracting me with the profusion of image passing before my eyes. The actual duration of orgasm seems to lengthen greatly, but this may be the usual experience of time expansion which comes with cannabis smoking.”

Carl Sagan (1934–1996) American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science educator

Essay as "Mr. X" (1969)

“[E]very structure has a resistant function to fulfill… to ensure …the static equilibrium of the structure for a long period of time.”

Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) Spanish architect

Philosophy of Structures (1958)

“Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery.
The politician will be only too happy to abdicate
in favor of his image, because the image will
be much more powerful than he could ever be.”

Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a …

“The awareness of imagery is part of living… a life which derives its power from within itself will focus on the perception… of images.”

Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980) Austrian dramatic, painter and writer

“Neither the sword of popes, nor the cross, nor the image of death — nothing will halt the march of truth.”

Ferenc Dávid (1510–1579) Hungarian noble

His last message, carved onto the walls of his dungeon cell, as quoted in For Faith and Freedom (1997) by Charles A. Howe, p. 109 
Context: Neither the sword of popes, nor the cross, nor the image of death — nothing will halt the march of truth. I wrote what I felt and that is what I preached with trusting spirit. I am convinced that after my destruction the teachings of false prophets will collapse.

“Mathematical programming assisted by electronic computers becomes the fundamental instrument of long-term economic planning, as well as of solving dynamic economic problems of a more limited scope. Here, the electronic computer does not replace the market. It fulfils a function which the market never was able to perform.”

Oskar R. Lange (1904–1965) Polish economist

"The computer and the market" (1967)

“We are living in a moment in which our physicality, our being there is replaced by our virtual images and our voice, even this impalpable. Our being flesh and blood has to deal with the absence that is the true presence in these times”

Salvatore Garau (1953) Italian artist

referring to his 'I Am', The invisible sculpture, Garau make in 2021 during Covid19 era
Quote of Garau, in https://it.finance.yahoo.com/notizie/venduta-scultura-che-non-esiste-110928142.html 'Venduta scultura che non esiste: Salvatore Garau e l’immateriale' 2021, Yahoo Finance, May 2021

“I can no longer think what I want to think. My thoughts have been replaced by moving images.”

Georges Duhamel book Scènes de la vie future

Scènes de la vie future (1930), p. 52

“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”

Ansel Adams (1902–1984) American photographer and environmentalist

Attributed to Adams in: AB bookman's weekly: for the specialist book world. (1985) Vol 76, Nr. 19-27; p. 3326

“The orgasm has replaced the Cross as the focus of longing and the image of fulfillment.”

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Malcolm Muggeridge 37

Related quotes

Related topics