Jacques Barzun Quotes

I have always been - I think any student of history almost inevitably is - a cheerful pessimist.

Jacques Barzun

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HistoryThinkStudentCheerfulBeen

Might I be ridiculous? Might my career in music be laughable? Yeah, that's possible, but that's certainly not my intention.

Joaquin Phoenix

MusicCareerIntentionPossibleYeah

Well, certainly at the Golden Globes, during every commercial break everyone gets up and schmoozes with each other.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

GoldenEveryoneUpBreakWellEvery

I owe it all to little chocolate donuts.

John Belushi

ChocolateLittleDonutsOwe

I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.

John Adams

DesignAmericaWonderEarthIgnorant

It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.

Sophocles

ImpossibleSpeakNoble

An apology might help, but you can change your life without one.

Robin Quivers

LifeChangeHelpYouApologyYour

I believe there are some great things that I've taken from the Bible in terms of loving the world and trying to be kind. There are a lot of good things to take from the Bible, and I like to think I try to apply them to my life.

Michaela Coel

LifeGoodGreatBe KindGood Things

Parents look at me like I'm somebody pretty important, and say, We were raised on your characters, and now we're enjoying them all over again with our children.

Joseph Barbera

ChildrenParentsMeLookImportant

You've got to grow up sometime.

Winona Ryder

TeenGrowYouGrow UpUpSometime

Chandeliers are marvels of drop-dead showiness, the jewellery of architecture.

Peter York

ArchitectureDesignJewellery

I believe that the quantum of our knowledge will increase considerably in the coming years and that scientists will continue to be amongst the brave voices speaking out.

Peter Garrett

KnowledgeBraveBelieveWillQuantum

Fair and affordable housing is a basic right for all New Yorkers and all Americans.

Nydia Velazquez

NewFairRightHousingNew Yorkers

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