"A decline of exuberance is just barely noticeable in America, making itself felt particularly among the most highly educated and the well-to-do in a loss of appetite for work and perhaps even for leisure."

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Source : David Riesman (1964). “Abundance for What?”, p.162, Transaction Publishers

David Riesman

#Loss Quotes #America Quotes #Leisure Quotes

“Leadership is the sum of those qualities of intellect, human understanding, and moral character that enables a person to inspire and control a group of people successfully.”
“When man resolved to imitate walking, he invented the wheel, which does not look like a leg. In doing this, he was practicing surrealism without knowing it.”
“If you dont measure yourself by achievement, how are you going to set achievement levels for other people?”
“Climate deniers are less immoral than Holocaust deniers, although they are undoubtedly more dangerous.”
“Insanity is just a state of mind.”
“I was a late developer and, at the age of 15, I almost thought of quitting football.”
“Of course the most difficult thing on the violin is always intonation. The second one is rhythm. If you play in tune, in time with a good sound that's already high level. Those three are the main things.”
“Olivier was another case of a genius, who couldn't understand why anybody would have any trouble doing this, because for him it came so easily.”

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