Will Durant Quotes

The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and raises the questions that have bothered him to the last day of his life, knowing he will never get the answers.

Will Durant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 5, 1885 - November 7, 1981

Topics

LifeDayWorldInterestingQuestions

Jazz is like a big secret club. The mainstream media doesn't pay any attention to it; it's, like, 1 percent of the music market - no one cares. Why? Because the majority of jazz is old.

Robert Glasper

MusicMediaAttentionJazzWhyPay

In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies.

Stephen Sondheim

GenerationMoviesOutHitsPopular

As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction.

Stan Getz

ArtConversationSatisfactionJazz

People who wish to go into the future should have two skills to succeed - the ability to deal with people and the ability to sell.

Shiv Khera

FuturePeopleSucceedWishSkills

History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition.

Milton Friedman

FreedomHistoryCapitalismPolitical

In time the truth will come out, I will be cleared.

Louise Woodward

TruthTimeWillOutComeCleared

You've got to speak; you've got to be able to articulate the Republican message to the American people and take that fight to the president, but you also have to bridge internally.

Jason Chaffetz

FightPeopleBridgeSpeakAmerican

My wife is cool enough to let me write about personal things, to be a songwriter exploring the shadowy sides of love.

Dierks Bentley

LoveWifeMeCoolEnoughPersonal

Hi. My name is Debby, and I am a storyteller. I don't think of myself as an actress. I am more like a face that takes words on a page, and puts them in front of your eyes.

Debby Ryan

EyesMyselfWordsI AmFaceThink

My parents, and librarians along the way, taught me about the space between words; about the margins, where so many juicy moments of life and spirit and friendship could be found. In a library, you could find miracles and truth and you might find something that would make you laugh so hard that you get shushed, in the friendliest way.

Anne Lamott

LifeFriendshipTruthWordsParents

I've got a quick mouth, and I set my boundaries. Nothing ever happened that I couldn't handle. Once when a guy came on stage making rude gestures, I hit him over the head with my guitar.

Suzi Quatro

GuitarMouthNothingRudeHimQuick

One thing I've been doing since I was a little kid and that's score touchdowns so if somebody needs somebody to get in the red zone and do some work, I could probably still do that pretty well.

Shaun Alexander

WorkRedDoingKidLittlePretty

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