Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
...it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
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I moved to New Zealand from Winnipeg when I was almost five. I hated it. It was to a city in the south of New Zealand called Invercargill and there was constant rain. There was a depressing sensation in the air.
Daniel Gillies -
I like to connect with people and suss them out. There's no better way than seeing how they react if you just bear into them.
Kate McKinnon -
I always wanted to entertain. When I was little, I would sing in front of the mirror with a hairbrush or my sisters and I would make shows. I always wanted to be on TV.
Lacey Chabert -
I have loved Elliott Carter's music for many years.
Daniel Barenboim -
It's very important to give back to the community and do anything you can.
Eddie Money -
My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.
Victor Hugo
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I've never chased the dollar, I've always chased the reader's heart. I love having more readers. The more people who read it, the more thrilled I am.
Harlan Coben -
Once I actually get in the studio and I start working, I'm fine, but it's just getting there and these hours of torment with myself and self doubt, thinking 'I'm useless' and 'Who am I, conning myself into thinking I can do it again.'
Imogen Heap -
It's one of the greatest festivals in the world. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest is the best all-around... It's an honor to be closing it.
Aaron Neville -
Eighty per cent of my output is 'Mallory clowns on the Western canon,' and I'm happy to be that person.
Mallory Ortberg -
I do not want to do a role which is similar to the previous one or the concept and the genre.
Yami Gautam -
If I still had my legs, I would be in line for a battalion command, and instead, I'm flying a desk.
Tammy Duckworth
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I remember sitting in on meetings where everyone in the room was twice as old as I was.
Sam Yagan -
I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.
Ian K. Smith -
I also love the zombie genre, my zombie fandom going way back to 'Night of the Living Dead.' And 'The Walking Dead' is truly the ultimate representation of that sensibility in the comic book genre.
Gale Anne Hurd -
The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
Mae West -
Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.
E. M. Forster -
Gay activists claim that because I don't subscribe to their political agenda, I am a homophobe, meaning I have a mental disorder - because that is what phobias are.
Laura Schlessinger
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I hate to witness animals in captivity - or see circus elephants paraded down the streets. When animals are caged, it's a loss of what they are.
K. A. Applegate -
The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.
Oscar Niemeyer -
The due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government, I have considered the first arrangement of the judicial department as essential to the happiness of the country, and to the stability of its political system.
George Washington -
I always loved going to Hawai'i; it was very, very special.
Dan Fouts -
Just as the lunar landings inspired many young people to consider careers in space and related fields, the solution of the challenging instrumentation problems presented in space science can inspire young people to push beyond the current state of the art.
Nancy Roman -
...it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli