Jacques Barzun Quotes
No one has ever used historical examples, near or remote, with the detail, precision, and directness to be found in every page of Shaw.
Quotes to Explore
-
Training for a fight is never easy, regardless of the opponent.
-
There's something scary about acting always, because basically you do all this work in a vacuum, and then suddenly there's a lot of money spent making a film, and there's suddenly a camera here, going, 'Right? What are you gonna do?'
-
I'm a different person. I don't want to be titled as Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain's daughter. I want to be thought of as Frances Cobain.
-
We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.
-
I don't want to scrounge around and be homeless, and I want to finish my education.
-
There are a bunch of places to stay in Des Moines, but I'd suggest finding a place on the west side of town. It's a great urban area that has a lot to offer tourists.
-
People have their own opinions but sometimes with the media things get chopped up and cut around to make stories out of it.
-
If I have a Sunday free, I'll go up the coast and spend some time on the beach. I scuba dive and swim and sail. A lot of the things I like are around the water.
-
Ireland is such a young society. The British were the ruling class up until they left about a hundred years ago, and we've been trying to work out what our class hierarchy is ever since.
-
I understand that in these difficult economic times, the potential for any additional expense is not welcomed by American businesses. But in the long run, the health insurance reform law promises to cut health-care costs for U.S. businesses, not expand them.
-
Social change isn't something you should do just to help pad a resume. Follow your passion.
-
I wasn't angry with God that I lost my husband. I was devastated; I was broken. I still am, in many ways. But I feel like God gives free will to everyone, and people who want to choose evil, they have that same free will.
-
If you're going to give people authority and hold them responsible and ultimately accountable for their performance, you've got to get out of the way.
-
If you look a little punkish, then they're going to give you the parts. And if you play an iconic villain early on in your career, you tend to get asked to play one over and over and over again.
-
Regardless of how good or bad a collection might be, it's a letdown after the show is over. It's done. Something you've worked on for months is just over.
-
Federal law should hold organizations like the League of Women Voters harmless if they make good-faith mistakes while registering people.
-
I like Xtreme Sour Strips. These really colorful little strips that are so good. I like snacking on them. They're not healthy for you, though!
-
Washington is an endless series of mock palaces clearly built for clerks.
-
You have nothing and you would give me a world. I owe you a world.
-
I love music. But I've never owned a TV in my adult life, and I've never lived in a place with a television.
-
I'm working on a proper rock record, a good, old-school rock record. Finally.
-
We take it for granted that telling is more valued than asking. Asking the right questions is valued, but asking in general is not. To ask is to reveal ignorance and weakness. Knowing things is highly valued, and telling people what we know is almost automatic because we have made it habitual in most situations. We are especially prone to telling when we have been empowered by someone else’s question or when we have been formally promoted into a position of power. I once asked a group of management students what it meant to them to be promoted to “manager.”
-
No one has ever used historical examples, near or remote, with the detail, precision, and directness to be found in every page of Shaw.
