Pierre Bayle Quotes
It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false.Pierre Bayle
Quotes to Explore
-
That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.
Mahatma Gandhi -
One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.
Dan Buettner -
It seems to me that 'women's writing' by nature would not seek equivalence in the male world. It would be a writing that sought to express a distinction, not deny it.
Rachel Cusk -
Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
I live in a Mobile Home - I've never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin.
Captain Beefheart -
I've been living. I've been doing the writing thing. I've been being the family man. I've been traveling the world. I been to, like, 18 cities last year. I've been getting my thoughts together, trying to figure out what's going on with hip-hop itself.
Raekwon
-
Before my son was born, I use to tell people that I was looking forward to no longer being the star of my own movie; then Harry came along, and it was like, 'Whoa, I'm really not!'
Jack Davenport -
In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the presidency of the United States.
Jack Welch -
The job as a coach is difficult.
Ottmar Hitzfeld -
American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
Ian MacKaye -
It is so easy to forget that this is good that we're alive. We should be enjoying this gift of being alive.
Victoria Principal -
It takes people a while to trust you.
Karl Malone
-
Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
Harold Taylor -
I think every professor and writer is in some way an exhibitionist because his or her normal activity is a theatrical one. When you give a lesson the situation is the same as writing a book. You have to capture the attention, the complicity of your audience.
Umberto Eco -
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
Nathan Hale -
I don't like writing with real people in mind.
Laura Wade -
An exorcism is tantamount to a miracle - an extraordinary intervention of God.
Gabriele Nanni -
Happens to everybody. Horses, dogs, men. Nobody gets out of life alive.
Irving Ravetch
-
It's possible to look really cute and still be comfortable. You don't have to kill your feet to have a fashionable look.
Laura Marano -
This is real human drama, we're not creating some amusement park ride for the summer. Even though the movie is really exciting to watch, it's got a real pathos behind it.
John C. Reilly -
I am sensitive to the fact that other people may have different beliefs.
Ben Carson -
You may be a redneck if... your lifetime goal is to own a fireworks stand.
Jeff Foxworthy -
With gamblers, it's never enough. You keep thinking on a conscious level that the prize is whatever the pot is. In poker, you may have a certain goal for the day. But the truth is, as soon as you win, more often than not the first thing that comes to mind is: If I'd bet more, I would have won more.
Jason Gedrick -
It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false.
Pierre Bayle