Eberstadt Nicholas Quotes & Sayings

The bride hath paced into the hall,
Red as a rose is she. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The fact that so many are willing to accept need-based aid signals a fundamental change in the American character. — Nicholas Eberstadt

OVER THE PAST two generations, America has suffered a quiet catastrophe. That catastrophe is the collapse of work - for men. In the half century between 1965 and 2015, work rates for the American male spiraled relentlessly downward, and an ominous migration commenced: a "flight from work," in which ever-growing numbers of working-age men exited the labor force altogether. — Nicholas Eberstadt

amidst the horrors of war, it became apparent that there was no way he could possibly survive the carnage. And if by some stroke of fate he managed to come through the conflict with his body intact, he knew that his soul would not be so lucky. — Julia Quinn

in exceptional circumstances - exceptional in that all circumstances in life are exceptional, especially those which are nothing in themselves and come to be everything in their results. — Alvaro De Campos

The basic trouble with all long-range population projections is that they are driven by assumptions about birth levels - and there is still no reliable method for predicting fertility levels a generation from now, to say nothing of a century hence, — Nicholas Eberstadt

It has long been believed that a man who gets bald across the front of his head is a thinker while a man who gets bald on the crown of his head is a lover. It follows, certainly, that a man who gets bald all over his head thinks he's a lover. — L. M. Boyd

I had the good fortune to be able to take a course with Margaret Mead. I had a fabulous art course, where it was explained to me that nothing exists in a vacuum, that everything is a result of the period in which it's done - the economics, the sociology, the politics, all sewn together. That was a very important lesson. — Iris Apfel

The appeal to force is the abandonment of reason. — Irving Copi

I don't think that you can be prescriptive about anything, I mean, life is too complicated. Maybe there are novels where the author has not in the least thought about it in terms of film, which can be turned into good films. — Paul Auster

Just because you are successful in one area does not necessarily mean you're going to be successful in another. — Elaine Paige

If you're not creating, you're waiting. — Kevin Pollak

Two little drops in that river that flowed silently towards the unknown; two little drops that to themselves had so much individuality and to the onlooker were but an undistinguishable part of the water. — W. Somerset Maugham

I love science fiction when it's well-done. I don't like campy stuff. I don't like stuff that's too fantastical. — Tahmoh Penikett

Justice Scalia is predictable. He can be counted on to come down with a conservative opinion, and generally, to bring Justice Clarence Thomas with him. — F. Lee Bailey

People tend to try to find something to talk about Zuma. My surname is very nice and simple. Very simple, so they like pronouncing it all the time. So what's the problem? — Jacob Zuma

Although he may not always recognize his bondage, modern man lives under a tyranny of numbers. — Nicholas Eberstadt