Susan Sontag
Essayist, Critic, Activist
"The only interesting ideas are heresies"
Heresy quotes
Heresy
18 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Saint Augustine
Theologian, Philosopher
"None save great men have been the authors of great heresies."
Daniel Day-Lewis
Actor
"Where I come from, it was a heresy to say you wanted to be in movies, leave alone American movies."
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Theologian
"Every sermon must contain a certain shot of heresy."
George Orwell
Writer, Journalist
"The heresy of heresies was common sense."
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"Every heresy has been an effort to narrow the Church."
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