Jacques Barzun Quotes

Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.

Jacques Barzun

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DeepFeelingsNothingWithoutWhole

The dollar used to be a gold standard currency. And the dollar is really good in the last century, I mean in the 19th century.

John Forbes Nash, Jr.

GoodGoldMeanDollarUsedLast

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

Andrew Carnegie

AgeMenGrowAttentionSayPay

Back in the days of the Smiths, when we first started touring England - this is, like, 1984 - there were these two girls. They were literally vicar's daughters, and they used to follow us to every gig, no matter where we went.

Andy Rourke

BackMatterFollowFirstTwoDays

I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew that my IQ had been damaged.

Stephen King

HomeBackHospitalGotBeenIQ

Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.

Simone Weil

PeopleWorldGivingUnhappyNeed

When I was four years old, my father, who was a colonel in the army, was stationed in Salzburg, Austria. Across the street from our house was an ancient castle on a cliff. So when I first heard fairy tales, I felt as if the magic of 'Cinderella' or 'Sleeping Beauty' was taking place right in my own neighborhood.

Mary Pope Osborne

BeautyFatherMagicHousePlace

This is the kind of world I was born in, one in which I had only one reason for existence: pleasing others.

Mickey Rooney

WorldBornKindOthersReasonOnly

That's one of the things I love about entrepreneurship is that if you see something that you don't like - and if you think you have a better idea - you can pursue your model.

Jason Calacanis

LoveThinkBetterYouSeePursue

Racism comes in many different forms. Sometimes it's subtle, and sometimes it's overt. Sometimes it's violent, and sometimes it's harmless, but it's definitely here. It's something that I think we're all guilty of, and we just have to make sure that we deal with our own personal racism in the right way.

Jordan Peele

RacismThinkGuiltySometimesWay

American workers have faced serious difficulties in the labor market since the first oil shock in 1973. Since that time, the pace of productivity advance has slowed for reasons which are still not understood, lowering the rate at which living standards have advanced.

Janet Yellen

TimeAmericanSeriousLaborLiving

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.

Deepak Chopra

ChaosStillnessYouInsideMovement

I am perfectly willing for my music to exist with somebody else's taste.

David Tudor

MusicI AmTasteExistWillingElse

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