Christopher Lasch Quotes

Because it equates tradition with prejudice, the left finds itself increasingly unable to converse with ordinary people in their common language.

Christopher Lasch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 1, 1932 - February 14, 1994

Topics

PeopleLanguageTraditionPrejudice

We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.

Menander

LiveWish

I think New York is more stylish than London.

Max Irons

New YorkThinkStylishNewLondon

The Tories, every election, must have a bogy man. If you haven't got a programme, a bogy man will do.

Aneurin Bevan

ManYouElectionWillGotMust

Too much virtue can be criminal.

Jean Racine

Too MuchVirtueCriminalMuchToo

It was always a dream of mine to play for the Orioles.

Steve Clevenger

DreamPlayAlwaysMine

As individual people, embedded in our daily lives, of course we're interested in what makes one person different from another. We've got to hire one person and not another, marry one person and not another.

Steven Pinker

DailyPeoplePersonIndividualHire

There are two really good feelings. The first is when you land sponsorships that allow you to be competitive. Then to win a race is the icing on the cake that you've made with the sponsorship.

Robby Gordon

GoodCakeWinYouFeelingsLand

I'm a Canadian citizen. But I always want to feel at home in Sri Lanka. I'm a member of both countries.

Michael Ondaatje

HomeFeelCitizenWantAlwaysLanka

My father and his brothers never mentioned to their English wives and children that they were Jewish. Being Hungarian was exotic and foreign enough to begin with, and so long as they were not asked, they found it easier, from 1919 on, to let the matter drop.

Michael Korda

FatherChildrenEnoughLongMatter

When you are playing with a few players in the pocket, it doesn't leave me isolated. I have a bit more space to work and be higher up the pitch.

Dele Alli

WorkSpaceMeYouMoreLeave

Matching character and actor is what a good director does.

Bruno Dumont

GoodCharacterActorMatchingDoes

It feels like we have two threads running through our lives: one pulling us into the world to achieve, the other pulling us back to replenish us. These threads can seem at odds, but really, they enforce each other. It's not a trade-off between success and sleep.

Arianna Huffington

SuccessSleepWorldBackAchieveUs

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