Quotes of: Hijacking Keyword

Famine was the mark of a maturing agricultural society, the very badge of civilization.

Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization

What was invented with civilization was the ability of some to deny sensuality to others.

Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization

I immediately called the command center of the Department of Justice to let them know that my wife was on a plane that had been hijacked. I mainly wanted them know there was another hijacked plane out there.

Ted Olson

'Disruption' is, at its core, a really powerful idea. Everyone hijacks the idea to do whatever they want now. It's the same way people hijacked the word 'paradigm' to justify lame things they're trying to sell to mankind.

Clayton Christensen

Godwin's law states that the longer any online debate goes on, the likelier it is that someone will play the Nazi card. It's the rhetorical equivalent of going nuclear and stupid at the same time.

Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking America

I was vaguely aware that people used to hijack planes to Cuba. But I didn't know much about how often it happened and what the motives were. I started looking into what was going on back then, and I was blown away by how common hijacking once was.

Brendan I. Koerner

I think Islam has been hijacked by the idea that all Muslims are terrorists; that Islam is about hate, about war, about jihad - I think that hijacks the spirituality and beauty that exists within Islam. I believe in allowing Islam to be seen in conte...

Aasif Mandvi

Particularly black Americans, many of them, from quotes that I have seen and conversations I've had, are sort of insulted that the civil rights movement is being hijacked - the rhetoric of the civil rights movement is being hijacked for something lik...

Gary Bauer

They have hijacked my religion.

Cat Stevens

[last title cards] Title card: Of the four aircraft hijacked that day, United 93 was the only one that did not reach its target. It crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania at 10:03am. No one survived. Title card: Military commanders were not notified ...

United 93

The Spy Act prohibits keystroke logging, hijacking, and phishing.

Cliff Stearns

The name 'Republican' in some ways has been hijacked by obstructionists.

Nancy Pelosi

One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion.

atheist

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

Arthur C. Clarke

Eleven days before 9/11, I was on a plane with the 9/11 hijackers who were carrying out a dry run.

Rob Lowe

The music industry has been hijacked by corporate interests, but the way music affects people and resonates with them hasn't changed.

Michael Franti

One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.

Arthur C. Clarke

Sometimes the weekend gets hijacked by work, but as my mother would say, this is the right problem.

Julian Fellowes

I'm fascinated by politicians, because I suspect the huge majority of them go into it full of ideas and for the best possible reasons but end up being hijacked.

Kevin Whately

A triumph of consciousness-raising has been the homosexual hijacking of the word 'gay.'

Richard Dawkins

When I was kidnapped as a child my parents sent a letter to the hijackers me Pay 5,000 dollars or your back

Rodney Dangerfield