All Louis Kronenberger Quotes
- One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame, we have killed off so much real shame as well. False
- The thrust of ambition is, and always has been, great, but among the bright-eyed it had once a more adventurous and individualistic air, a much… Adventurous
- The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being; the American wants to be considered a… American
- Ours is not so much an age of vulgarity as of vulgarization; everything is tampered with or touched up, or adulterated or watered down, in… Adulterated
- True individualists tend to be quite unobservant; it is the snob, the would be sophisticate, the frightened conformist, who keeps a fascinated or worried eye… Class
- If it is the great delusion of moralists to suppose that all previous ages were less sinful than their own, then it is the great… Age
- Has there ever been an age so rife with neurotic sensibility, with that state of near shudders, or near hysteria, or near nausea, much of… Adjusted
- The fascinating necessarily tends to call a certain attention to itself; the interesting need not. An evening spent with a fascinating person leaves vivid memories;… Attention
- One of the saddest things about conformity is the ghastly sort of non-conformity it breeds; the noisy protesting, the aggressive rebelliousness, the rigid counter-fetishism. Aggressive
- From the failure of the humanist tradition to participate fully or to act decisively, civilizations may perhaps crumble or perish at the hands of barbarians.… Act
- A great maxim of personal responsibility and mature achievement: "Do it yourself" is now the enthroned cliche for being occupied with nonessentials. Achievement
- Individualism is rather like innocence: There must be something unconscious about it. Identity
- The trouble with us in America isn't that the poetry of life has turned to prose, but that it has turned to Advertising copy. Advertising
- Nominally a great age of scientific inquiry, ours has become an age of superstition about the infallibility of science; of almost mystical faith in its… Age
- Highly educated bores are by far the worst; they know so much, in such fiendish detail, to be boring about. Bores
- The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to ask about what we are not voluntarily told. Ask
- In art, there are tears that do lie too deep for thought. Art
- The moving van is a symbol of more than our restlessness, it is the most conclusive evidence possible of our progress. Conclusive
- It is the gossip columnist's business to write about what is none of his business. Business
- Privacy was in sufficient danger before TV appeared, and TV has given it its death blow. Appeared
- Once you have money, you can quite truthfully affirm that money isn't everything. Affirm
- In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice. Caused
- The test of interesting people is that subject matter doesn't matter. Interesting
- Life for most of us is full of steep stairs to go up and later, shaky stairs to totter down; and very early in the… Adversity
- Having disciples is in the end like having children, only not with love but with self-love preeminent. Children