Top 25 Quotes by Theodore Zeldin of 36 - Page 2

People in this world of superficial communication find themselves isolated and lonely and have difficult in talking about personal things that really matter to them.

People in this world of superficial communication find themselves isolated and lonely and have difficult in talking about personal things that really matter to them.

Theodore Zeldin

Lonely, Communication, Talking

The great attraction of fashion is that it diverted attention from the insoluble problems of beauty and provided an easy way -- which money could buy... to a simply stated, easily reproduced ideal of beauty, however temporary that ideal.

Theodore Zeldin

Fashion, Attention, Way

Theodore Zeldin (1993). “A History of French Passions 1848-1945: Intellect, Taste, and Anxiety”, p.441, Oxford University Press

The British have turned their sense of humour into a national virtue. It is odd, because through much of history, humour has been considered cheap, and laughter something for the lower orders. But British aristocrats didn't care a damn about what people thought of them, so they made humour acceptable.

Theodore Zeldin

Laughter, Order, People

Brilliant lecturers shouldn't be wasted in lecture rooms: they should appear onTV. We need black market universities, in which people just help each other, and which don't leave out the poor.

Theodore Zeldin

People, Black, Needs

1995 Quoted in Christina Hardyment 'Zeldin and the art of human relationships', in Oxford Today, vol.7, no.2, Hilary Issue.

The English reputation for humour is a way by which people avoid revealing themselves and have superficial relationships, so that you can engage in banter without making yourself vulnerable.

Theodore Zeldin

People, Way, Reputation

No history of the world can be complete which does not mention Mary Helen Keller... whose overcoming of her blindness and deafness were arguably victories more important than those of Alexander the Great, because they have implications still for every living person.

Theodore Zeldin

Victory, Important, Overcoming

"An Intimate History of Humanity". Book by Theodore Zeldin, 1994.

The institution of marriage, if you look at it over many centuries, has come and gone.

Theodore Zeldin

Looks, Gone, Century

The Renaissance… was based on a new idea of the importance of the individual. But this was a fragile foundation, because individuals depended on constant applause and admiration to sustain them. There is a shortage of applause in the world, and there is not enough respect to go around.

Theodore Zeldin

Ideas, Foundation, World

Theodore Zeldin (2012). “An Intimate History Of Humanity”, p.16, Random House