Marquis de Lafayette Quotes

I can assure the Marquis de Chasteler that it is my unalterable determination never to set foot on any territory which acknowledges obedience to His Majesty the King of Bohemia and Hungary.

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• The future doesn't matter if I don't enjoy what's going on right now.

  

  Cam Gigandet
  • Future
  • Enjoy
  • Matter

• 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

• Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.

  

  Carl Jung
  • Life
  • Happy
  • Patience

• 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

• It has always been a wonder to me where my conversational power has gone: at the present time, I cannot impress the most ordinary men.

  

  W. H. Davies
  • Time
  • Men
  • Power

• That image is a couple different people's homes that I knew growing up.

  

  Zach Braff
  • People
  • Up
  • Different

• The key to fashion is, you don't want to look like you're trying. You've gotta be natural.

  

  Hakeem Olajuwon
  • Trying
  • Want
  • Fashion

• I'm guilty of eating Magnum bars before I go to sleep at night.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Night
  • Sleep
  • Guilty

• Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Work
  • House
  • Violence

• Nevertheless, I do know that we are part of a danger zone, we have military operations in Afghanistan and we're training the Iraqi police force. The terrorists also have us in their sights.

  

  Otto Schily
  • Know
  • Training
  • Military

• And I admit it: there's a rather dirty thrill when 700 people laugh at a joke you've written.

  

  Laura Wade
  • People
  • Laugh
  • Dirty

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

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men
  • Defend
  • Self-Interest

• I would like to be in a superhero movie where I do martial arts.

  

  Dakota Goyo
  • Movie
  • Superhero
  • Martial Arts

• Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.

  

  Salvador Dali
  • Vision
  • Only
  • Surrealism

• 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

• If you can dream it, you can do it.

  

  Walt Disney
  • Dream
  • You
  • Motivational

• Cricket pays well, so a lot of people are naturally drawn towards the game. But to carve a niche in non-cricket sports is not easy. So state governments need to be proactive. Indians need to be made aware of the power of an Olympic medal. It should be treated at par with an Oscars or a Nobel Prize.

  

  Gagan Narang
  • People
  • Power
  • Game

• We thank all our distinguished international guests for having come to take possession with the people of our country of what is, after all, a common victory for justice, for peace, for human dignity. We trust that you will continue to stand by us as we tackle the challenges of building peace, prosperity, non-sexism, non-racialism and democracy.

  

  Nelson Mandela
  • People
  • Country
  • Peace

• My mother was a big influence. She kept pushing me because I was very shy and inhibited. And schoolwork was very difficult for me because I couldn't concentrate. I was failing almost every subject. To this day, I'm not too good at reading a book. But I was the president of my high school comedy group, and they treated me like a king.

  

  Don Rickles
  • Good
  • School
  • She

• One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.

  

  Karen Mills
  • Important
  • Business
  • High

• Acting and singing on 'One Tree Hill' was definitely one of the most incredible experiences of my life. I didn't even know I could act until I auditioned at the casting call for the part of Mia.

  

  Kate Voegele
  • Life
  • Singing
  • Tree

• When I'm on the field, family-wise, family matters, whatever off-the-field issues, I'm not worried about.

  

  Jason Pierre-Paul
  • Family
  • Wise

• I can assure the Marquis de Chasteler that it is my unalterable determination never to set foot on any territory which acknowledges obedience to His Majesty the King of Bohemia and Hungary.

  

  Marquis de Lafayette
  • King
  • Determination