Quote by Jacques Barzun
In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and

In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principal. – Jacques Barzun

Other quotes by Jacques Barzun
Other Quotes from
Principles
category

Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages. – Henry Ward Beecher

Category:
Principles

Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use. There is no principle, however immaculate, that has not had its compromising manipulator. – Percy Wynham Lewis

Category:
Principles

In matters of principals, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current. – Thomas Jefferson

Category:
Principles

You cant live principals you cant understand. – Stephen Covey

Category:
Principles

Random Quotes

A lot of sad stories in a row – that wears on you. – Elizabeth Edwards

Category:
sad

My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh. – Jim Carrey

Category:
Life

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on the human face — forever. – George Orwell

Category:
Society

While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best. – Tom Allen

Category:
best