If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age.

Quote by Jacques Barzun

Topics: Age Quotes

In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is...

In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is...

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them...

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them...

The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the...

The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the...

In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and...

In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and...

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more...

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more...

Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or...

Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or...

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called...

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called...

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called...

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called...

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the...

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the...

Always old-fashioned

Always old-fashioned

Take a portion of wit, And fashion it fit, Like a needle, with point and...

Take a portion of wit, And fashion it fit, Like a needle, with point and...

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more...

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more...

Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.

Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called...

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called...

Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti

Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti

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

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

World unity is the wish of the hopeful, the goal of the idealist and the...

World unity is the wish of the hopeful, the goal of the idealist and the...

An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't...

An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't...

You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got...

You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got...