What did Barbara Mertz mean by: A man asking for help ought to at least give directions. - Barbara Mertz Author · USA Copy
+ I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Barbara Mertz, Clever, Ideas, Scrutiny, 0 - Barbara Mertz Author · USA
+ It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth. Feraz Zeid, July 29, 2023December 12, 2023, Barbara Mertz, Age, Youth, 0 - Barbara Mertz Author · USA
+ When men start talking about ‘honor’, there is sure to be trouble ahead. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Barbara Mertz, Political, Talking, 0 - Barbara Mertz Author · USA
+ Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility. Feraz Zeid, June 11, 2023December 12, 2023, Barbara Mertz, Martyrdom, Results, Sacrifice, 0 - Barbara Mertz Author · USA
+ Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Barbara Mertz, Emotion, Excellent, Method, 0 - Barbara Mertz Author · USA
+ Money was the manure of politics. Feraz Zeid, July 20, 2023December 12, 2023, Barbara Mertz, Politics, 0 - Barbara Mertz Author · USA
+ When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Barbara Mertz, Watches, 0 - Barbara Mertz Author · USA
+ Cats always pick the laps of the people who don’t like them. Feraz Zeid, June 14, 2023December 12, 2023, Barbara Mertz, Cat, 0 - Barbara Mertz Author · USA
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
