Jacques Barzun Quotes

Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social aims in mind: prepare to take on one's share in the world's work, and perhaps in addition, lend a hand in improving society, after schooling is done.

Jacques Barzun

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 30, 1907 - October 25, 2012

Topics

WorkKnowledgeIntelligenceMind

I support immediate financial assistance to the newly elected Palestinian president. Now, I don't know what those numbers will be, and I don't know how it's going to be framed.

Joe Biden

SupportFinancialNumbersKnowNow

We expect Seoul to be one of our most important markets not only in Asia but around the world.

Joe Gebbia

WorldImportantExpectOnlyMost

There is this cat and mouse game that plays out over time where our team comes up with new and interesting ideas to identify content that we shouldn't recommend, and over time people are constantly probing that, trying to figure out how can they get around that and get a better reputation on Yelp.

Jeremy Stoppelman

TimePeopleIdeasTeamGameBetter

I've chosen to get the word out to women, especially young women, that tobacco is not glamorous - it's addictive and smoking takes a serious toll on your health.

Mena Suvari

WomenHealthSmokingSeriousYoung

I remember 'Wrestlemania 6' with The Ultimate Warrior against Hulk Hogan. It was so cool to see those guys go in there and the fans getting into the match so much.

Jeff Hardy

CoolRememberWarriorGoSeeFans

Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt.

Jean Rostand

RespectFeelWillMoreNeverGot

I love to work with people and do what I love.

Martin Starr

WorkLovePeopleI Love

There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.

Miguel de Cervantes

ManWorldDespairGreaterThan

The love affair between black folks and the Clintons has been going on for a long time. It began back in 1992, when Bill Clinton was running for president. He threw on some shades and played the saxophone on 'The Arsenio Hall Show.' It seems silly in retrospect, but many of us fell for that.

Michelle Alexander

LoveTimeBlackLongSillyBack

When you sing a song of love, you're actually giving something to yourself, too. You're singing and casting these affirmations of love out into the universe. It resonates in your body in a way that feels extraordinary.

Jason Mraz

LoveYourselfSingingSongUniverse

While we may blame the Internet for the ease with which conspiracy theories proliferate, the net is really much more culpable for the way it connects everything to almost everything else. The hypertext link, as we used to call it, allows any fact or idea to become intimately connected with any other.

Douglas Rushkoff

BlameInternetConnectedWayBecome

When I was 13, I decided I was British and was going to stay that way.

Art Malik

WayBritishStayGoingDecided

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