Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes

That which intoxicates, the sensually ecstatic, the sudden surprise, the urge to be profoundly stirred at any price -- dreadful tendencies!

Friedrich Nietzsche

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• The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or a woman, but as a person.

  

  Candace Bushnell
  • Life
  • Important
  • Man

• You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • True
  • Dream
  • Dreams

• I played small forward on the basketball team. I also ran the 300 hurdles.

  

  Gabriel Luna
  • Small
  • Team
  • Basketball

• I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.

  

  Naguib Mahfouz
  • Political
  • Party
  • Politics

• I don't want to sound too Oprah-ish or anything like that, but I really believe that if you have the power to imagine particular things, you have the ability to transform them.

  

  Rabindranath Maharaj
  • Believe
  • Power
  • Sound

• I was from a tough neighborhood, and we didn't have a lot of money, but my dad worked hard, and my mom is good at budgeting things. That made me appreciate things.

  

  Imelda May
  • Good
  • Money
  • Dad

• In most movies there is a Prince Charming who rides up and saves the girl.

  

  Zoe Lister-Jones
  • Up
  • Girl
  • Movies

• The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • History
  • Problem
  • Message

• I spent my whole teenage life trying to get to London and go to dance school, but when I got there, I couldn't wait to get to the clubs on weekends. I knew I wanted to make music.

  

  FKA twigs
  • Life
  • Music
  • Trying

• It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.

  

  Zinedine Zidane
  • Up
  • Work
  • Father

• Words, especially when yelled in anger, can be very damaging to a child's self-confidence. The child probably already feels bad enough just from seeing the consequences of his or her behavior. Our sons and daughters don't need more guilt and self-doubt heaped upon their already wounded egos.

  

  Jack Canfield
  • Bad
  • Words
  • Confidence

• Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality... 'The Odd Couple' was mine. That was the plutonium I needed. It all started happening after that.

  

  Walter Matthau
  • Life
  • Couple
  • Personality

• Learning to write comics is, in fact, so bloody difficult because it's such a weird form that it does actually make you a bit more adaptable for other forms.

  

  Warren Ellis
  • Learning
  • Weird
  • Difficult

• Nearly every coach I've talked with tells me that the attention you get from media and other people is the thing you miss most. I don't know if that's right.

  

  Bear Bryant
  • People
  • Me
  • Attention

• My mum had four kids on her own, so if I had one kid with one nanny and not a full-time job, it would be a joke. And I think the impossible happens when you leave your kids. I've seen so many nannies in the park on their phones, and the kids are running off.

  

  Abbey Clancy
  • Time
  • Job
  • Kids

• I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Nations
  • Mother`s
  • Wars

• Louie and Seabiscuit were both Californians and both on the sports pages in the 1930s. I was fascinated. When I learned about his World War II experiences, I thought, 'If this guy is still alive, I want to meet him.'

  

  Laura Hillenbrand
  • World
  • War
  • Guy

• Well, I'm certainly glad that I was nominated for an Oscar. There is certainly a respect that comes with that nod. Also, a compliment that comes with it, too. Not that I really know what I'm doing. In a lot of ways I feel like some child on set, or like a kid that snuck in the back door.

  

  Gabourey Sidibe
  • Respect
  • Child
  • Door

• I confess that I cannot understand how we can plot, lie, cheat and commit murder abroad and remain humane, honorable, trustworthy and trusted at home.

  

  Archibald Cox
  • Home
  • Murder
  • Confess

• I used to try to figure out precisely what I was seeing all the time, until I discovered that I didn't need to. If the thing is true, why there it is.

  

  Walker Evans
  • Time
  • Why
  • True

• It's a trifle hard to surprise yourself with a story you've written.

  

  Ed Greenwood
  • Yourself
  • Story
  • Surprise

• My price is five dollars for a miniature on ivory, and I have engaged three or four at that price. My price for profiles is one dollar, and everybody is willing to engage me at that price.

  

  Samuel Morse
  • Price
  • Willing
  • Engage

• That which intoxicates, the sensually ecstatic, the sudden surprise, the urge to be profoundly stirred at any price -- dreadful tendencies!

  

  Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Surprise
  • Price
  • Intoxicates