Marquis de Lafayette Quotes

It is foolishly thought by some that democratical constitutions will not, cannot, last; that the States will quarrel with each other; that a king, or at least a nobility, are indispensable for the prosperity of a nation.

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• What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for 'Bio-Dome' – but Pauly Shore and Baldwin ended up doing it. So there's a little movie trivia for ya.

  

  Harland Williams
  • Movie
  • Interesting
  • Ended

• If I didn't make it in baseball, I won't have made it workin'. I didn't like to work.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • Work
  • Like
  • Baseball

• I just love playing so much, competing so much. You're able to put your losses behind you. One of the greatest attributes a decathlete can have is the ability to forget... to look ahead, not behind.

  

  Dan O'Brien
  • Love
  • Forget
  • Ability

• Apparently, Daniel Craig said I'd be a great Bond. Daniel, why did you say that? Dropped me right in it! What an honor it would be, but also, what an indication of change.

  

  Idris Elba
  • Great
  • Why
  • Change

• I'll sit around and play my guitar; that's how I write tunes.

  

  Otis Rush
  • Play
  • Guitar
  • Sit

• I've been lucky to work consistently on women who I think are interesting, fleshed out, and strong and active participants in their destiny.

  

  Mackenzie Davis
  • Work
  • Women
  • Strong

• I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion; it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • Hate
  • Religion
  • Easy

• The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.

  

  Omar Bongo
  • Birth
  • Union
  • African

• Novels taught me that history is dramatic. I wanted my students to know that, too.

  

  Laura Amy Schlitz
  • History
  • Know
  • Me

• It certainly has not been in my self-interest to defend men.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men
  • Defend
  • Self-Interest

• Time, motion and wine cause sleep.

  

  Ovid
  • Time
  • Sleep
  • Wine

• I want money; I just don't want that money lying around.

  

  Nathan Kirsh
  • Money
  • Want
  • Lying

• I think the best comedies came out during the Depression. Personally.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Think
  • Best
  • Depression

• I'm a writer, so whatever gymnastics jump through my head, I write about it.

  

  Earl King
  • Jump
  • Head
  • Gymnastics

• Vig used to call me 'Elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an Elf, I never got a scratch on me, never got dirty. And Vig would come out with blood and sweat all over him. And he'd say to me, 'Oh, go manicure your nails.'

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Me
  • Boy
  • Blood

• There's something about the expanse of nature that forces you to think clearly.

  

  Sam Jaeger
  • Nature
  • Think
  • You

• If you can dream it, you can do it.

  

  Walt Disney
  • Dream
  • You
  • Motivational

• I haven't checked, but I highly suspect that chickens evolved from an egg-laying ancestor, which would mean that there were, in fact, eggs before there were chickens. Genius.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Mean
  • Genius
  • Chickens

• It is not the function of the leader of government business to discipline members of the executive.

  

  Cyril Ramaphosa
  • Business
  • Discipline

• We will certainly see teachers, journalists, artists and poets in space. Whatever it takes to the be the best is what it will take to get you into space.

  

  Gene Cernan
  • Space

• Alan King, a comedian I adored, was considered society, and I was considered the Jewish kid from the neighborhood.

  

  Don Rickles
  • Society
  • King

• I can only speak for myself, but when I was growing up in Memphis - and having the Martin Luther King holiday and the moment of pause on April 4th - he was just a statue to me. I wanted to make him a little bit more real to me as a human being.

  

  Katori Hall
  • Up
  • Real
  • Growing

• Not content with real sufferings, the anxious man imposes imaginary ones on himself; he is a being for whom unreality exists, must exist; otherwise where would he obtain the ration of torment his nature demands?

  

  Emil Cioran
  • Real
  • Nature

• It is foolishly thought by some that democratical constitutions will not, cannot, last; that the States will quarrel with each other; that a king, or at least a nobility, are indispensable for the prosperity of a nation.

  

  Marquis de Lafayette
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