“A woman who becomes famous through her work reduces her erotic value. ...” — Elfriede Jelinek Quote

“A woman who becomes famous through her work reduces her erotic value. A woman is permitted to chat or babble, but speaking in public with authority is still the greatest transgression.”

“The Ph.D is one of the chosen who know that some things can never be fathomed, no matter how hard you try. What good are explanations? There is no possibility of explaining how such a work [Mozart's Requiem, in the instance] could ever have come into being. (The same holds true for certain poems, which should not be analyzed either.)”

“You know, the taxing authority of the United States is our most powerful weapon. You know, the reason we separated from England was because the British were using it abusively.”

“A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.”

“There should be no effort, consciously or otherwise, that will lead to the erosion of institutional credibility and authority.”