Raymond Queneau Quotes

Happy nations have no history. History is the study of mankind's misfortune.

Raymond Queneau

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• The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • World
  • Mankind
  • Joke

• Education is the cheap defense of nations.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • Education
  • Nations
  • Defense

• The main concern of the study is with the outline of a theoretical system. Its minor variations from writer to writer are not a matter of concern to this analysis.

  

  Talcott Parsons
  • Study
  • Matter
  • Analysis

• If you are attempting to study American history, and you don't understand the force of white supremacy, you fundamentally misunderstand America.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • American
  • America
  • History

• I've seen a study in the last year that digital sound actually induces stress in the listener.

  

  T Bone Burnett
  • Study
  • Stress
  • Year

• Despite a certain amount of rhetoric, such as 'the second American Revolution,' there is a fair consensus about which events in the affairs of a people can rightly be called revolutions. It is also clear that such revolutions are proper objects of study for the historian.

  

  Ian Hacking
  • People
  • American
  • Study

• Well I was eight years old, and I have an older cousin who is three years older than me and she was doing acting, commercials, and modeling at the time and... to see my cousin doing that was really inspiring and I wanted to do it. So I went to my mom and I asked her if I could do it, and for the acting part of it, she made me study for a year.

  

  Hailee Steinfeld
  • Time
  • She
  • Mom

• The study of history empowers nations and individuals with an ability to avoid errors of the past and lay foundations for victories in the future.

  

  Aberjhani
  • History
  • Future
  • Past

• A 2014 study commissioned by Facebook and done by Deloitte suggests that Facebook alone contributes almost $150 billion directly to the global economy, and when you add the peripherals, it nears $227 billion.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • Done
  • Alone
  • Study

• Being a magician taught me how powerful the element of surprise can be. In each book, I've tried to work that in - an unexpected twist in a story that reveals an insight, a counter intuitive study that turns your beliefs upside-down.

  

  Adam Grant
  • Work
  • Book
  • Powerful

• An excellent habit to cultivate is the analytical study of the King James Bible. For simple yet rich and forceful English, this masterly production is hard to equal; and even though its Saxon vocabulary and poetic rhythm be unsuited to general composition, it is an invaluable model for writers on quaint or imaginative themes.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Simple
  • Study
  • English

• There's also a level of discipline I use as a writer, designed to get better at what I'm doing, that requires quite a lot of study and quite a lot of hard work as well.

  

  P. J. Harvey
  • Work
  • Study
  • Discipline

• In the history of science, we often find that the study of some natural phenomenon has been the starting point in the development of a new branch of knowledge.

  

  C. V. Raman
  • History
  • Science
  • Knowledge

• If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

  

  Abigail Adams
  • Service
  • Mankind
  • Serve

• Many people think voice over artists just read, there's much more to it. Without acting beats, scene study and improving skills, you won't make it.

  

  Tara Strong
  • People
  • Study
  • Acting

• Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.

  

  Dale Carnegie
  • Nation
  • Nations
  • Patriotism

• Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.

  

  Xun Kuang
  • People
  • Work
  • Nature

• Continue to study and learn new skills.

  

  Edie McClurg
  • Study
  • Learn
  • Skills

• Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. The study of this Book is forbidden. It is wise to destroy this copy after the first reading. Whosoever disregards this does so at his own risk and peril. These are most dire.

  

  Aleister Crowley
  • Book
  • Law
  • Reading

• America has global trade with plenty of nations that provide inexpensive labor, but it's better for us when they're in our own hemisphere, rather than sending that business halfway around the world.

  

  Ernest Istook
  • Business
  • America
  • Nations

• When I grew up there was no web, blogging or tweeting. In fact, where I grew up there was not even television! I met a lot of my friends in school and in college, and they are still my friends today.

  

  Indra Nooyi
  • Up
  • School
  • Friends

• It's brilliant to get recognition. The CFDA was magic because it's such a big award in our industry. There's nothing more flattering than being honored by your peers.

  

  Christopher Bailey
  • Magic
  • Brilliant
  • Recognition

• He kisses me and for that kiss, for that moment, I forget how worried I am. It comes back, of course, but with Caleb, I feel more whole—I am more whole—than I have been since Mom died. I love him. I love him because of who he is, who he really is past what everyone else sees; the lost boy, the druggie, the car thief. I love him because he is strong and caring. I love him because he broke and put himself back together again. I love him because he is beautiful inside and out. I love him for being here with me. I love him for not telling me that everything will be all right. I love him because he knows what life is like, what it can do, and is always honest about it.

  

  Elizabeth Scott
  • Forget
  • Life is
  • Worried

• Happy nations have no history. History is the study of mankind's misfortune.

  

  Raymond Queneau
  • Study
  • Mankind
  • Nations