A Quote by Jacques Barzun

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth.

Jacques Barzun

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Jacques Barzun
American - Educator
November 30, 1907 - October 25, 2012

A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted-in the air. A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs, who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. A liberal is a man who uses his legs and hands at the behest of his head.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted-in the air.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Modern man has both feet firmly planted in mid-air

Francis Schaeffer

My feet are firmly planted on the ground.

Asin

Western dance begins with its feet firmly planted on the ground whereas Butoh begins with a dance wherein the dancer tries in vain to find his feet

Tatsumi Hijikata

If your feet are firmly planted on the grount you'll never be able to dance.

Iris Johansen

You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground.

A. J. McLean

My feet are firmly planted in my political ideology. To me, it's being authentic in every area, and that includes politics.

Natasha Rothwell

Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.

Tamara Tunie

For all the flack that we get for becoming successful, you get people who really respect how firmly planted our feet have been in Vermont.

Grace Potter

I think you've got to have your feet planted firmly on the ground, especially in this business, and you must not believe things that are said or written about you, because everything gets out of proportion one way or the other.

Judi Dench

Find a man with both feet firmly on the ground and you've found a man about to make a difficult putt.

Fletcher Knebel

Moana is an incredible heroine. She's strong... She's got her two feet firmly planted. She's definitely grounded.

Auli'i Cravalho

Strange and mysterious things, though, aren't they - earthquakes? We take it for granted that the earth beneath our feet is solid and stationary. We even talk about people being 'down to earth' or having their feet firmly planted on the ground. But suddenly one day we see that it isn't true. The earth, the boulders, that are supposed to be solid, all of a sudden turn as mushy as liquid - From the short story "Thailand