Top 56 Quotes by Tony Judt

About Tony Judt

These are some quotes by British author Tony Judt Historian, who lived between January 2, 1948 and August 6, 2010.

Apparently, the line you take on Israel trumps everything else in life.

Apparently, the line you take on Israel trumps everything else in life.

Tony Judt

I grew up in a world where the social democratic state was the norm, not the exception.

I grew up in a world where the social democratic state was the norm, not the exception.

Tony Judt

Reality is a powerful solvent.

Reality is a powerful solvent.

Tony Judt

I don't much mind being expelled from communities.

I don't much mind being expelled from communities.

Tony Judt

I know exactly how and where I am going to die. The only question is when.

I know exactly how and where I am going to die. The only question is when.

Tony Judt

But I'm English. We don't do uplifting.

But I'm English. We don't do uplifting.

Tony Judt

My history writing was based on what I saw in strange, exotic places rather than just reading books.

My history writing was based on what I saw in strange, exotic places rather than just reading books.

Tony Judt

History always happens to us and nothing ever stays the same.

History always happens to us and nothing ever stays the same.

Tony Judt

I've lost count of the interviews I've done about my illness and its relationship to my ideas and writing.

I've lost count of the interviews I've done about my illness and its relationship to my ideas and writing.

Tony Judt

Popularizing - much less venturing beyond one's secure turf - was frowned upon for many years. I think I probably internalized the prohibition, even though I was - and knew I was - among the best speakers and writers of my age cohort. I don't mean I was the best historian - a quite different measure.

Tony Judt

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