Isaiah Berlin Quotes

The very desire for guarantees that our values are eternal and secure in some objective heaven is perhaps only a craving for the certainties of childhood or the absolute values of our primitive past.

Isaiah Berlin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: russian
  • Birth: June 6, 1909 - November 5, 1997

Topics

ChildhoodPastValuesHeavenDesire

The myth of the Kennedys - and the hold - was always the hold of the renegade rich, out there on the frontier beyond accountability.

John Gregory Dunne

AccountabilityRichBeyondFrontier

Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much cherished aspect of academic freedom.

John Kenneth Galbraith

FreedomPeopleCriticismLaziness

Little girls love dolls. They just don't love doll clothes. We've got four thousand dolls and ain't one of them got a stitch of clothes on.

Jeff Foxworthy

LoveLittle GirlsClothesLittleGot

People are so scared to really voice who they are. They want to be politically correct. Just scared to see what other people's perceptions are.

Tracy McGrady

PeopleVoiceWantSeeScaredJust

The reason laziness is rarely pushed as a lifestyle option is down to one simple reason: money. There are fortunes to be made out of active lifestyles. Gyms charge fees. But no one is going to make money out of sleep. It is free.

Tom Hodgkinson

MoneySimpleSleepFreeLaziness

I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence.

Robert Cormier

LifeAloneTeenAdolescenceAlways

America needs to be defended. We need missile defense to better police the skies over the United States.

Rudy Giuliani

PoliceBetterAmericaSkiesNeed

I'm gonna fix that last joke by taking out all the words and adding new ones.

Mitch Hedberg

WordsNewFixJokeOutLast

Both my New Hampshire great-grandfathers wore facial hair: the Copperhead who fought in the war and the sheep farmer too old for combat.

Donald Hall

WarHairFarmerSheepNewOld

What's profound and exciting is the way young people are taking advantage of the fact that the Internet enables everyone to have a megaphone. It enables everyone to stand up and say, 'I deserve to be heard, and I demand that you listen.'

Chelsea Clinton

PeopleStand UpStandInternetYou

I have lots of friends, but I'm probably a terrible friend to all of them, even my family. I wouldn't be surprised if I found myself with no friends later on in life. My friends become my enemies.

Ariel Pink

LifeFamilyFriendMyselfFriends

But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.

Antonio Tabucchi

PerfectionDemocracyMeansVigilance

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