Banned Quotes

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The Koran is a fascist book which incites violence. That is why this book, just like [Adolf Hitler's] Mein Kampf, must be banned.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

Many other countries have already banned human cloning, and there are efforts at the UN to make such a ban universal.

Botox should be banned for actors, as steroids are for sportsmen. Acting is all about expression; why would you want to iron out a frown?

Basically, if reverse engineering is banned, then a lot of the open source community is doomed to fail.

For those who love dogs, it would be the worst form of a lie to call any place where dogs were banned "Paradise." Certainly no loving God would separate people from their canine friends for eternity.

I did write a letter to the archdiocese who'd banned the song, Only the Good Die Young, asking them to ban my next record.

I've not given up hope the belly-putter will be banned. The R and A and the USGA are looking at it right now.

Anywhere you want. Thailand, South Carolina, Brezil, Peru-- Oh, wait, no, I'm banned from Peru. I'd forgotten about that. It's a long story, but amusing if you want to hear it.

If I could have banned them all...I would have!

Swallows have disappeared, bees are dying out because of pesticides that should have been banned long ago - it's a scandal.

As far as I’m concerned, this is the worst thing that’s happened since I found out why Magnus was banned from Peru.

Every book that is banned is a badge of honor.

Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.

I always order the banned books from a black market dealer in California, figuring if the State of Mississippi banned them, they must be good.

I'm very proud that the state of Vermont banned fracking. I hope communities all over California, and all over America do the same.

If you're taking performance-enhancing drugs and you get caught, in my mind, you should be banned for life.

Torture is illegal. Torture is banned by various provisions of the law. I support that.

I have a dream: One day we will get to the promised land. Then the president will be me, The government will be Shabaam, Mos and Kweli...that's it! All wackness is now banned.

If only a small fraction of what is already known about the effects of sugar were to be revealed in relation to any other material used as a food additive, that material would promptly be banned.

What good does it do to ban some guns. All guns should be banned.

In addition, we were unable to meet openly to discuss the progress of the book, for we were both on the list of persons banned from communicating with other banned persons.

Nonsmokers should be banned from buying any product a smoker created.

I have no musical talent at all. I was banned from music classes and told I would never be able to understand anything. I still don't think I can sing, but somehow I get away with it.

The full veil is not appropriate for Germans, and should be banned wherever legally possible.

I'm actually banned from the Himalayas, because I'm too good at yoga.

It's very worrying at this time in the world that any point of view should be prohibited, that's banned, there are heretics that should be burned at the stake.

I don't think anyone should be banned. If you don't like a book, set it aside.

The referee will now keep track of the time on the field and the shootouts have finally been banned.

(on asparagus) Europeans of the Renaissance swore by it as an aphrodisiac, and the church banned it from nunneries.

Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.

Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous - they contain ideas.

I never took banned substances, but I have been courted by doctors who wanted to improve my blood in the laboratory. My mother always put them on a flight.

Sometimes great, banned works defy the censor's description and impose themselves on the world - 'Ulysses,' 'Lolita,' the 'Arabian Nights.'

I banned bottled water from my house - we have a water-filter system so you can drink from the tap. We always drink out of glass, and recycling is a huge deal, which everybody can partake in.

Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight.

When I introduced a black soldier, Lt. Flap, in 1971, the Stars and Stripes banned the strip. They were having racial problems and thought it would increase the tensions.

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail.

The base emotions Plato banned have left a radio-active and not radiant land.

They banned DDT, not because it was necessarily bad, but because it was a great way to help the population control.

I shall mention in passing just one example of a gift from the Arabs that I for one am rather grateful for: coffee -- especially as it was originally banned in Europe as a 'Muslim drink.

Banning books is just another form of bullying. It's all about fear and an assumption of power. The key is to address the fear and deny the power.

I would love mainland Chinese to read my book. There is a Chinese translation which I worked on myself, published in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Many copies have gone into China but it is still banned.

Anabolic steroids were not banned until after the 72 Olympics.

Although my book is banned I am still allowed to go to China and travel. There is no longer the kind of control that Mao used to have-there have been deep fundamental changes in society.

The nation of Dubai banned the movie Charlie's Angles because it's "offensive to the religion of Islam." Apparently, the religion of Islam is offended by anything without a plot.

You know I've had work banned.

The Local Paper here asked that me books be banned........THE HIGHEST PRAISE for an Irish writer.

The Pentagon banned the army from using Chinese-made berets. In a more veiled slap at the Chinese, the Pentagon also banned any alternative form of checkers.

Football, basketball, and the Olympic sports all have their problems with banned substances.