--- title: "1 Grapefruit Half Quotes By Johan Huizinga" description: "1 Grapefruit Half quotes by Johan Huizinga. Plus more from Johan Huizinga and more Grapefruit Half sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8e/johan-huizinga-5595_america_if-the-americans-in-addition-to-the-eagl_298869.jpg" --- > [If the Americans, in addition to the eagle and the Stars and Stripes and the more unofficial symbols of bison, moose and Indian, should ever need another emblem, one which is friendly and pleasant, then I think they should choose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-huizinga/if-the-americans-in-addition-to-the-eagle-and-the-stars-and-stripes/) [Johan Huizinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-huizinga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8e/johan-huizinga-5595_america_if-the-americans-in-addition-to-the-eagl_298869.jpg) ## More by Johan Huizinga > [Do you know anything that in all its innocence is more humiliating than the funny pages of a Sunday newspaper in America?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-huizinga/do-you-know-anything-that-in-all-its-innocence-is-more-humiliating/) [Johan Huizinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-huizinga/) > [Physical nature lies at our feet shackled with a hundred chains. What of the control of human nature? Do not point to the triumphs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-huizinga/physical-nature-lies-at-our-feet-shackled-with-a-hundred-chains-what/) [Johan Huizinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-huizinga/) > [Play: It is an an activity which proceeds within certain limits of time and space, in a visible order, according to rules freely accepted,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-huizinga/play-it-is-an-an-activity-which-proceeds-within-certain-limits-of/) [Johan Huizinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-huizinga/) > [You can deny, if you like, nearly all abstractions: justice, beauty, truth, goodness, mind, God. You can deny seriousness, but not play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-huizinga/you-can-deny-if-you-like-nearly-all-abstractions-justice-beauty-truth/) [Johan Huizinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-huizinga/) > [The awareness of the all-surpassing importance of social groups is now general property in America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-huizinga/the-awareness-of-the-all-surpassing-importance-of-social-groups-is/) [Johan Huizinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-huizinga/) > [If we are to preserve culture we must continue to create it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-huizinga/if-we-are-to-preserve-culture-we-must-continue-to-create-it/) [Johan Huizinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-huizinga/) > [We have to transpose ourselves into this impressionability of mind, into this sensitivity to tears and spiritual repentance, intothis susceptibility, before we can judge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-huizinga/we-have-to-transpose-ourselves-into-this-impressionability-of-mind/) [Johan Huizinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-huizinga/) > [If the Americans, in addition to the eagle and the Stars and Stripes and the more unofficial symbols of bison, moose and Indian, should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-huizinga/if-the-americans-in-addition-to-the-eagle-and-the-stars-and-stripes/) [Johan Huizinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-huizinga/) > [The content of the ideal is a desire to return to the perfection of an imaginary past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-huizinga/the-content-of-the-ideal-is-a-desire-to-return-to-the-perfection-of/) [Johan Huizinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-huizinga/) > [Play is older than culture, for culture, however inadequately defined, always presupposes human society, and animals have not waited for man to teach them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-huizinga/play-is-older-than-culture-for-culture-however-inadequately-defined/) [Johan Huizinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-huizinga/) > [If, then, this civilization is to be saved, if it is not to be submerged by centuries of barbarism, but to secure the treasures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-huizinga/if-then-this-civilization-is-to-be-saved-if-it-is-not-to-be-submerged/) [Johan Huizinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-huizinga/) > [“Nyugalom az egyén számára, könyvektől körülvéve, ez a legvágyottabb állapot.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-huizinga/nyugalom-az-egy-n-sz-m-ra-k-nyvekt-l-k-r-lv-ve-ez-a-legv-gyottabb/) [Johan Huizinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-huizinga/) > [“A bölcsesség úgy áramlik a balgasághoz, mint az ész az érzelmekhez. S a világban sokkal több az érzelem, mint az ész. Ami az életet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-huizinga/a-b-lcsess-g-gy-ramlik-a-balgas-ghoz-mint-az-sz-az-rzelmekhez-s-a-vil/) [Johan Huizinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-huizinga/) > [We can't put up a protectionist dam on our own against the neo-liberal world market either. However, we can try, together with our European…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-huizinga/we-can-t-put-up-a-protectionist-dam-on-our-own-against-the-neo/) [Johan Huizinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-huizinga/) > [The spirit of playful competition is, as a social impulse, older than culture itself and pervades all life like a veritable ferment. Ritual grew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-huizinga/the-spirit-of-playful-competition-is-as-a-social-impulse-older-than/) [Johan Huizinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-huizinga/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grapefruit-half/johan-huizinga/#itemlist", "name": "1 Grapefruit Half Quotes By Johan Huizinga", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If the Americans, in addition to the eagle and the Stars and Stripes and the more unofficial symbols of bison, moose and Indian, should ever need another emblem, one which is friendly and pleasant, then I think they should choose the grapefruit. Or rather the half grapefruit, for this fruit only comes in halves, I believe. Practically speaking, it is always yellow, always just as fresh and well served. 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