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

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Source : Jacques Barzun (1959). “The House of Intellect”

Jacques Barzun

#Civilization Quotes #Age Quotes #Stones Quotes

“Talking to other people while you're cooking, it doesn't come naturally.”
“I am a bad feminist and a good woman. I am trying to become better in how I think and say and do - without abandoning what makes me human.”
“For students, the evolution-creation discussion can be a useful exercise, for it can help develop their critical thinking skills.”
“As a comic, I've heard gunshots while I'm trying to get to sleep. I've performed where people wanted to do you harm after the show because of something you said.”
“No matter what, the very first piece of Social Media Real Estate I'd start with is a blog.”
“Each particle of matter is an immensity, each leaf a world, each insect an inexplicable compendium.”
“I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.”

Source : Interview with Brian Robb, bleacherreport.com. June 24, 2015.
“How would you know? Everythingâ€™s like sex. Itâ€™s the universal metaphor. To pick a lock, let me guess, you have to go slow at first, but then you have to pull off some fancy moves, and you have to stay concentrated, and you have to stick something in something, right?”

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