Johan Huizinga Quotes

It is the goal of the American university to be the brains of the republic.

Johan Huizinga

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: December 7, 1872 - February 1, 1945

Topics

AmericanGoalUniversityBrains

Of all the logical impasses, unknowings, paradoxes, and terrors that provoke laughter, death by its finality and unsolvable mystery is paramount.

Andrew Hudgins

DeathLaughterMysteryLogical

Knopf is solidly profitable, and that is how I intend to keep it.

Sonny Mehta

KeepProfitableHowIntend

I succumbed to hedonism.

Simon Le Bon

Succumbed

When people come to my shows, they're like, 'I can't believe you can actually freaking sing!'

Rita Ora

PeopleBelieveYouSingComeLike

The Christian image of God is that of a rational being who believes in human progress.

Rodney Stark

GodProgressChristianHumanImage

No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it's the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.

Moliere

LifePassionWorthLivingNothing

I used to audition like crazy - I would go on a hundred before I got anything. It took me a long time to get any jobs at all. It was hard until I booked 'Galaxy Quest,' and then it started to get easier.

Missi Pyle

TimeMeCrazyLongGoLong Time

I've got little ankles and a bit of a belly, so it makes me look rather an egg on legs.

Johnny Vegas

MeEggLookLegsLittleGot

When you write a song, the goal is not to convey the details of your life. You should write a memoir or something if that's what you're going to do.

Conor Oberst

LifeSongDetailsYouGoalWrite

Atlanta's a great city to cultivate your own thing - from fashion to music to food.

Brian Tyree Henry

MusicGreatFoodCityFashionOwn

I so miss musical theater. Secretly, I'm in awe of Broadway performers.

Brianna Brown

AweMissBroadwayMusical Theater

I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor.

Alice Walker

FriendUniversityBecauseWhoHe

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