Jessamyn West Quotes

There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive.

Jessamyn West

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 18, 1902 - February 23, 1984

Topics

CommunicationIgnoranceAliveYoung

You know, I had the ability like a catalyst to really get everybody hyped up.

Jim Capaldi

YouKnowAbilityUpCatalystGet

My generation was the turning point. Women older than us didn't expect to have jobs or careers; those younger did. But we were where it was changing - which is interesting but uncomfortable.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

WomenGenerationInterestingChanging

As president, Trump does and says outrageous and false things every week, from ordering arbitrary travel bans to accusing President Obama of illegal wiretapping with no evidence.

Jennifer Palmieri

TravelWeekPresidentEvidenceFalse

There's so much interference, so much static and people's voices talking about what you do and why you do it that I've learned to be like, 'No, no.' It's actually simple. I just do this.

Jenny Slate

SimplePeopleTalkingYouWhyJust

I hang out and sign records for an hour or two hours every night, and I like to hear as many people's stories as I can, because if somebody wants to share their story with me, I want to honor that.

John Darnielle

PeopleMeNightStoryHonorI Can

I'm ridiculously fortunate to get a chance to experience the sitcom world. The schedule is extremely easy, and you get fed as an artist because you're not only working on a project, but you get to work with cameras, and you get the audience there.

Andrea Anders

WorkExperienceWorldChanceYou

In fine, nothing is said now that has not been said before.

Jean Racine

SaidNowNothingFineBeenBefore

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

Sophocles

FriendshipWinVictoryFriendsYou

Here in L.A. the standard of beauty is kind of ridiculous. I want to be doing this when I'm in my fifties and sixties and this isn't what I'm going to look like.

Rose Byrne

BeautyDoingLookWantKindSixties

The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.

Michel de Montaigne

UglyMeFindDareWorstSeem

I almost became a political journalist, having worked as a reporter at the time of Watergate. The proximity to those events motivated me, when I wound up doing philosophy, to try to use it to move the public debate.

Michael Sandel

TimeMePoliticalDoingPhilosophy

Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.

Lou Holtz

LifeAdversityLearnYouMatters

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