Marquis de Lafayette Quotes

No man can be subject to any laws, excepting those which have received the assent of himself or his representatives and which are promulgated beforehand and applied legally.

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• I don't mean to offend anybody, but I think that we get a lot of scientists now who are bent into a system, and we lose some of their boldness by that. Obviously, you have to learn the ropes, but I think it's important to do that without hammering out the radicalness that makes innovation happen.

  

  Taylor Wilson
  • Important
  • Learn
  • Innovation

• I wouldn't trade a thing. Even the troubles that I had. I have become the husband and mate to my wife that I have because of what I went through, including the bad times. I wouldn't trade that.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Bad
  • Wife
  • Husband

• Oftentimes, people stay where they are in life simply because of fear. But do you know that fear isn't reality? It's only a thought in your mind.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • People
  • Life
  • Mind

• I'll admit, sometimes I've paid the bills with acting. You know the phrase, 'It's one for the money, two for the showreel.' I don't want that as a director. I don't want to compromise myself. There's a big old wide world out there. I want to explore it.

  

  Paddy Considine
  • World
  • Money
  • Myself

• I am closer and closer to reaching my childhood dream. This is really exciting! I will continue to work hard, to focus on each tournament I play.

  

  Yani Tseng
  • Work
  • Dream
  • Focus

• England and Denmark have a sense of irony and a darker sense of humour that you don't necessarily find in Germany and Sweden.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
  • You
  • Find
  • Irony

• We always learn more from the losing than the winning.

  

  Yani Tseng
  • Winning
  • Learn
  • Losing

• A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it, A song's not a song 'til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love 'til you give it away!

  

  Oscar Hammerstein II
  • Heart
  • Love
  • Song

• Biology will relate every human gene to the genes of other animals and bacteria, to this great chain of being.

  

  Walter Gilbert
  • Great
  • Animals
  • Biology

• I have a hard time with musicians who act like pricks because it just makes me mad. I just sit there and I go, 'You know what, dude, no matter whether you're in a band just surviving or you're in a bus playing stadiums, one way or another, you're still among the rare breed of people that are actually getting paid to do it.'

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
  • People
  • Time
  • Band

• Nobody's free until everybody's free.

  

  Fannie Lou Hamer
  • Free
  • Nobody
  • Everybody

• It's cool that I'm 20 and am on the cover of the video game. A lot of kids play hockey, and a few get drafted, and only a few get to be on the cover. It's a great feeling.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • Great
  • Kids
  • Game

• To be a veiled Muslim woman on screen is a very scary minefield for me.

  

  Yasmine Al Masri
  • Me
  • Woman
  • Scary

• The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Good
  • Important
  • Writing

• Federal law should hold organizations like the League of Women Voters harmless if they make good-faith mistakes while registering people.

  

  Adam Cohen
  • People
  • Good
  • Women

• My entire career, everybody says I need to punch somebody.

  

  Blake Griffin
  • Career

• I wear my lines like a soldier wears his medals. They've been earned. They've been fought for - so there's no reason to be ashamed of them. In your 50s, you just care less about that sort of thing. I think it's to do with what's inside you. You can't obsess about the outside.

  

  Cherie Lunghi
  • Soldier

• It's easy to be cynical about American politics. It's more important not to be.

  

  Andy Dunn
  • Important
  • American

• My family always ate dinner at the table, and we would chat about our day while eating. My parents like to have a few glasses of wine and linger after the meal is over, peeling oranges for dessert while talking. It's lovely.

  

  Lisa Hanawalt
  • Family
  • Parents
  • Wine

• There is much to be said for having an experienced international jurist who is entirely unconnected with the allied invaders, on the tribunal.

  

  Saddam Hussein

• As a former NFL player, I am one American who will have nothing to do with any NFL Team that cannot find the corporate courage to stand for the millions of courageous past great Americans whose sacrifice gave meaning to our flag and national anthem and to the millions upon millions who still dream to come to its free shores.

  

  Burgess Owens
  • Great
  • American
  • Dream

• There's no possible way you can get what you want.

  

  Damien Hirst
  • Want
  • You
  • Possible

• A thriller is supposed to thrill you! So it's the plotting of the movie and the unveiling of the story which is important.

  Nastassja Kinski
  • Important
  • Movie

• No man can be subject to any laws, excepting those which have received the assent of himself or his representatives and which are promulgated beforehand and applied legally.

  

  Marquis de Lafayette