Johan Huizinga Quotes

Physical nature lies at our feet shackled with a hundred chains. What of the control of human nature? Do not point to the triumphs of psychiatry, social services or the war against crime. Domination of human nature can only mean the domination of every man by himself.

Johan Huizinga

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

NatureManWarControlFeetChains

To be connected to the real world is healthy and important.

Jesse Schell

WorldHealthyImportantConnected

This idea that in America you can be anyone you want - you can reinvent yourself. Well, I think that the Internet has maybe taken that kind of American idea and has democratized it for the world.

Max Joseph

YourselfWorldThinkAmericanYou

No, I'm not religious. At all. I'm an atheist.

Matt Smith

AtheistReligious

I love doing action. Since I'm not 21, there's some, 'Let me get to the gym so I can do it.' But I love to defy expectations.

Angela Bassett

LoveMeActionExpectationsDoing

I've always had a goal to win as many trophies as I can and to play for a club like Manchester United.

Romelu Lukaku

WinGoalI CanPlayAlwaysClub

My style is confrontational: when I see evil, I want to remove it right away.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

StyleEvilWantRightSeeI See

I believe in campaigning for health care, not warfare.

Mimi Kennedy

HealthBelieveCareI Believe

The world is full of ways for people to dance. Concert dance doesn't get its due.

Judith Jamison

DancePeopleWorldConcertGetFull

When you're a young child, you pick a totem animal, and you just identify with it to the point of wishing you were that animal.

Diane Lane

AnimalChildYouYoungPointJust

Digital technology is both arousing and distancing. We don't look at the users on the other side as people. They aren't - they're just usernames, Facebook photos and Twitter handles.

Douglas Rushkoff

TechnologyPeopleLookDigitalSide

The failure to dissect the cause of war leaves us open for the next installment.

Chris Hedges

FailureWarNextOpenUsCause

The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn't subdue you and make you feel abject. It's stimulating loneliness.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

SeaLonelinessFeelYouAliveGet

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