Tony Judt Quotes

History can show you that it was one pile of bad stuff after another. It can also show you that there's been tremendous progress in knowledge, behaviour, laws, civilisation. It cannot show you that there was a meaning behind it.

Tony Judt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

KnowledgeHistoryProgressMeaning

I can shoot off my big mouth and write my shows and run my shows, and I can recognize how lucky I am because my position is rare and my position is privileged.

Jenji Kohan

I AmMouthI CanRunLuckyWrite

When the going gets tough, I'm not always sure what you do. I'm not saying that I know how to fix everything when the going gets tough, but I do know this: when the going goes tough, you don't quit. And you don't fold up. And you don't go in the other direction.

John Madden

SayingToughDirectionYouGoKnow

Your ethnic or sexual identity, what region of the country you're from, what your class is - those aspects of your identity are not the same as your aesthetic identity.

Stanley Crouch

IdentityAestheticYouCountryClass

Women enjoyed rights in Egypt they would not again enjoy for more than 2,000 years. They owned ships, ran vineyards, filed lawsuits, practiced medicine. Their husbands supported them after divorce. Their power was unprecedented.

Stacy Schiff

WomenPowerMedicineEnjoyDivorce

I've always liked big challenges in football and playing against the best.

Toni Kroos

BestFootballChallengesAlwaysBig

I would not swap the World Cup title for any accolade. But I could imagine that quite a few would swap every accolade for a World Cup title.

Toni Kroos

WorldImagineCupWouldWorld Cup

I like to say, jazz music is kind of like my musical equivalent of comfort food. You know, it's always where I go back to when I just want to feel sort of grounded.

Molly Ringwald

MusicFoodFeelYouBackComfort

Hypocrisy is great fodder for comedy.

Mo Rocca

GreatComedyHypocrisyFodder

Our assimilation efforts are based on building long-term relationships and value with our customers, and the success of these efforts is measured partly by our ability to stimulate customers to make a second purchase within 90 days.

Mindy Grossman

SuccessValueBuildingRelationships

I believe marriages should be legally defined as between one man and one woman.

Lisa Murkowski

WomanManBelieveI BelieveBetween

My mother was a huge, huge reader. I think I picked up very early how precious it was to write things in books and have people like my mother glued to the page.

Judith Viorst

MotherPeopleThinkEarlyPageUp

American poetry to me is a sort of relentless, nonstop sermon on human autonomy.

Joseph Brodsky

PoetryMeAmericanHumanRelentless

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