Tony Judt Quotes

I think if I'm controversial it's not because I set out to be. It's because I've never felt comfortable being part of someone else's mainstream community.

Tony Judt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 2, 1948 - August 6, 2010

Topics

CommunityThinkSomeoneNeverOut

The situation of America is new in the annals of mankind; her affairs cry haste, and speed must answer them.

John Paul Jones

AmericaSpeedSituationNewCryHer

Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.

Sophia Loren

LifeMistakesDuesFullPartPays

At 11, 12, I thought I was clumsy, ugly, a mess, an unappealing person, but I did have the gift of the gab. I had the school record at Haberdashers for consecutive detentions for simply speaking out of turn.

Simon Schama

SchoolUglyGiftThoughtPersonOut

One of the great joys of launching your idea on the web is that it's a meritocracy. The good stuff will rise to the top and find an audience, and you don't have to impress one idiosyncratic commissioning editor.

Rob Manuel

GoodGreatYouFindRiseImpress

The truth is that when a man has a child, and it's a girl, and he doesn't change as a man, he's not much of a man.

Rod Lurie

ChangeGirlTruthManChildHe

The benefits of having robots could vastly outweigh the problems.

Rodney Brooks

ProblemsRobotsBenefitsHaving

I'm supposed to be the director of a television company, but I've only ever seen that company as a vehicle for making the kind of programmes we wanted to make, getting our ideas on the screen.

Rory Bremner

IdeasTelevisionKindDirectorSeen

We will never forget those like my great-grandfather who fought at Vicksburg.

Roy Barnes

Never ForgetForgetWillNeverLike

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Democritus

InspirationalHappinessSoulGold

Sometimes you have to take the risk that somebody will consider what you're making is noise, but if you don't try it, then nothing will move forward. I'd rather people hate something than just go 'meh.'

Cheo Hodari Coker

HatePeopleForwardYouSometimes

I remember dawn coming up over the Strait of Malacca; ragamuffin kids on the dock in Sumatra laughing as they pelted us with bananas; collecting dead flying fish off the deck and bringing them to our sweet, fat, toothless Danish cook to fry up for breakfast.

Christopher Buckley

BreakfastSweetFlyingDawnFatUp

When I found stand-up, it was like finding home.

Bobby Lee

HomeFindingFoundLikeStand-Up

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