quotes about Soapbox
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For the most part, I don't like people who soapbox.
-- Art Alexakis -
From my experience, politicians are much more uncomfortable being made fun of than they are being preached at and screeched at - you know, and the soapbox routine. They're much more uneasy knowing they're a target of ridicule.
-- Carl Hiaasen -
My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.
-- Carl HiaasenSource : "Carl Hiaasen: 'My humour has always come from anger'". Interview With Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2011.
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I'm not sitting on a soapbox telling women what they should and shouldn't do, but I know what works for me.
-- Cate Blanchett -
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I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place.
-- Jeremy Renner -
One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You don't want to alienate readers.
-- John Grisham -
I've always liked what Thomas More said in Utopia, which is that in Utopia every person is allowed their own lifestyle and religion but no one is allowed to stand on a soapbox and tell others that theirs is right. I thought that was brilliant. Brilliant.
-- Jude Law -
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Movies can be effective in influencing people to think in ways they might not otherwise be exposed to. Social commentary in films is most effective when you're not aware of a soapbox. Making the point without force-feeding the audience is the most desirable approach.
-- Walter Koenig -
I've never been one to get up on a soapbox and preach. I just live my life the way I live my life.
-- Ingrid MichaelsonSource : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com