People in this world of superficial communication find themselves isolated and lonely and have difficult in talking about personal things that really… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
What does it mean to dance? What does it mean to commit a crime? What does it mean to be anxious? What… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
The British have turned their sense of humour into a national virtue. It is odd, because through much of history, humour has… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
I think the hero in our generation is not the individual but the pair, two people who together add up to more… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
The English reputation for humour is a way by which people avoid revealing themselves and have superficial relationships, so that you can… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
Gastronomy has done more to bring together people of the world than any guns ever could. — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
Families have become models for public life, constructing friendships between individuals of different temperaments, ambitions and ages, even if they are often… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
Conversation creates a new kind of network within organizations. Current networks are used for competitive advantage, but conversation is focused on encouraging… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
Brilliant lecturers shouldn't be wasted in lecture rooms: they should appear onTV. We need black market universities, in which people just help… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
What we make of people, and what we see in the mirror when we look at ourselves, depends on what we know… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
People are going to be living quite soon for 100 years. Our idea of how a family works no longer applies. It's… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
You have to accept that traditions exist, that people don't change their minds very quickly, that people are scared. — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
Forks and spoons have probably done more to reconcile people who cannot agree than guns and bombs ever did — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
People in this world of superficial communication find themselves isolated and lonely and have difficult in talking about personal things that really matter to… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
The institution of marriage, if you look at it over many centuries, has come and gone. — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
We should abolish 'work.' By that I mean abolishing the distinction between work and leisure, one of the greatest mistakes of the last century,… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
When two people talk with mutual respect and listen with a real interest in understanding another point of view, when they try to put… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
Everything I am going to say to you is the child of a conversation. [...] That is the aspect of conversation that particularly excites… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
In every life there is an element of victory over fear, which needs to be searched for, though it may be a false victory. — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
What does it mean to dance? What does it mean to commit a crime? What does it mean to be anxious? What does it… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
The tendency of experts is to fiddle around with their expertise rather than trying to find new solutions. — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
The British have turned their sense of humour into a national virtue. It is odd, because through much of history, humour has been considered… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
Change the way you think, and you are already halfway to changing the world. — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
We think of speaking as something we do naturally, without any effort. But like playing music, it requires attention and knowledge and practice. — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
