Denis Diderot Quotes

Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.

Denis Diderot

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• I wanna live 'til I die, no more, no less.

  

  Eddie Izzard
  • Live
  • Die
  • More

• Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.

  

  Abraham Cowley
  • Curiosity
  • Devotion
  • Less

• People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.

  

  Yakov Smirnoff
  • People
  • Nice
  • Friendly

• All government, of course, is against liberty.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Government
  • Liberty
  • Against

• The increased presence of Muslims in Italy and in Europe is directly proportional to our loss of freedom.

  

  Oriana Fallaci
  • Freedom
  • Loss
  • Presence

• I've always known what I'm meant to do. The path of my life has been about discovering what I need to do to support myself as a writer.

  

  Ottessa Moshfegh
  • Life
  • Support
  • Myself

• The Taliban has not, in my judgment, in any significant way changed their fundamental goal and objective, which is to take over Afghanistan and return to running that country. It doesn't mean that we shouldn't have negotiation talks with them. I think we should. But we've got to be clear-eyed about it.

  

  Jack Keane
  • Country
  • Think
  • Running

• I would love to interview Dave Grohl. I just think he's an amazing musician, and I grew up listening to Nirvana, so I have so many questions about that.

  

  Malin Akerman
  • Think
  • Amazing
  • Musician

• Just as liberalism is the main force that drives conservatism and maintains its popularity in some quarters, conservatism is the reason liberalism continues to enjoy the traction that it does in our poor civilization.

  

  L. Neil Smith

• Our home in Louisville, Kentucky, where I was born on December 20, was one of great happiness.

  

  Irene Dunne
  • Great
  • Home
  • December

• I have been told that Your Excellency follows the teachings of Jesus (PBUH)

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • Jesus

• YOU LYING WHORE!!! You used me! You never loved me! I hope you slide under a gas truck and taste your own blood! DIE! DIE! DIE! I want my records back! I want my fucking records back!

  

  Sam Kinison
  • Hope
  • Die
  • Truck

• Mind is the first and most direct thing in our experience; all else is remote inference.

  

  Arthur Eddington
  • Mind
  • Experience

• Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions.

  

  Atifete Jahjaga
  • Democracy
  • Enlightenment

• I wish I could do some really weird stuff for you guys, you know?

  

  Jim Carrey
  • Wish
  • Weird

• I was gonna write songs, I was gonna be a star and a singer and I never thought of doing anything else.

  

  Kim Carnes
  • Star

• I sometimes think it ironic for an ex-seaman, longshoreman, truck driver, policeman, bus driver, etc... to find success writing children's novels.

  

  Brian Jacques
  • Writing
  • Children
  • Success

• No one ever sits you down at age eight and says, 'Aminatta, this is what's happened so far.' You have to work it out for yourself, and by the time you do, it's ancient history to many of the players. We're trying to make sense of the past, so we start to excavate our memories.

  

  Aminatta Forna
  • Time
  • Work
  • Trying

• Because my master was this renaissance man, I wasn't just learning a fighting style, I was learning how kung fu permeates all aspects of life, from eating to healthy living to mental state.

  

  Daniel Wu
  • Life
  • Learning
  • Style

• Money is important in the rap industry because you're always rapping to be bigger than the other person - bigger than who you're rapping to. A lot of my music is really, really, really humbled down. I don't have as much money as the average rapper, but I'm still good.

  

  Russell Llantino
  • Good
  • Music
  • Important

• At least three times a week, I am overwhelmed with a wave of gratitude to New York City for providing me with a life. Not that my life is so great, although I think it's pretty nifty: I don't mine coal; I get paid to write.

  

  David Rakoff
  • Life
  • Great
  • Pretty

• You and I were long friends: you are now my enemy, and I am yours.

  

  Benjamin Franklin
  • Long
  • Friends
  • Enemy

• Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows much more; if future fortunes were known before!

  

  John Dryden
  • Future
  • Joy
  • Fate

• Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.

  

  Denis Diderot
  • Gratitude