Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) Quotes

It is said of a lonely man that he does not appreciate the life of society. This is like saying he hates hiking because he dislikes walking in thick forest on a dark night.

Sébastien-Roch Nicolas

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• Dark
• Lonely
• Loneliness

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• I'm a mother of three. I don't really have the time to put very elaborate outfits together, so I keep it casual but dress it up with shoes, a bag, and jewellery.

  

  Camila Alves
  • Up
  • Time
  • Together

• My sisters used to learn dance, and I used to stand behind them and dance. So my guruji suggested that I also learn, as I seemed interested. I started learning at the age of three and was always on stage for something or the other. My mother is proud of me, and clearly my artistic bent comes from her.

  

  Madhuri Dixit
  • Mother
  • Age
  • Learning

• When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.

  

  Sally Phillips
  • Write
  • Create
  • Joke

• I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but living and spoken by the English people a thousand years ago.

  

  Carl Sandburg
  • People
  • Remember
  • Words

• The Spirit of the Holy Ghost is the teacher in the temple. He teaches principles of eternal significance. It is during these instructions that we see the relationship between the earthly and the eternal. We must remember that the Spirit teaches only those who are teachable.

  

  L. Lionel Kendrick
  • Remember
  • Relationship
  • Teacher

• If God came down here with the box that had the reason for living in it, I'd like to find just 2 words: The Music. That would be neat.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Music
  • God
  • Words

• I can't even say what my greatest fear is because I, I can't even imagine. Being without my family... I can't even say it because it makes me cry.

  

  Faith Hill
  • Family
  • Fear
  • Cry

• When women criticized men, I called it 'insight'... When men criticized women, I called it 'sexism' and 'backlash.'

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men
  • Women
  • Sexism

• The lyrics are so important to me. And that there is something going on in the lyrics. That the song actually has something to say.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • Important
  • Song
  • Me

• I've made more than 50 records with a wide range of music. I've often veered to check something out.

  

  Gary Burton
  • Music
  • Something
  • More

• For years Don Imus was just – boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.

  

  Dan Rather
  • Me
  • Hurt
  • Boy

• I love high-end designers, but a head-to-toe designer look for me is extremely boring. I've always mixed it up.

  

  Iris Apfel
  • Always
  • Boring
  • Designers

• Everyone makes their own comments. That's how rumors get started.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Everyone
  • Started
  • Rumors

• If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Thinking
  • May
  • Truth

• A kid copies what is good. I remember the first time I saw Lefty O'Doul, and he was as far away as those palms. And I saw the guy come to bat in batting practice. I was looking through a knothole, and I said, 'Geez, does that guy look good!' And it was Lefty O'Doul, one of the greatest hitters ever.

  

  Ted Williams
  • Time
  • Good
  • Remember

• We're not a family. We're the opposite of a family. We're people so lonely that when we're together we make a black hole of loneliness and everything else gets sucked down into it and is never seen again.

  

  Orson Scott Card
  • People
  • Family
  • Together

• The man that blushes is not quite a brute.

  

  Edward Young

• Fred Stuckey, 'Eric Clapton Interview,' Guitar Player 4 (June 1970) p. 47. guitarplayer.com

  

  Eric Clapton Cream
  • Player
  • June

• Flowers she would pick like guitar strings, for a real good whiff of how how life behind par seems.

  

  Wasalu Muhammad Jaco
  • Life
  • Good
  • Real

• In every song, there is a vocal element that doesn't have any words. I wanted to play around with how emotive and expressive my voice could be.

  

  Lia Ices
  • Song
  • Words

• Routine has nothing to do with repetition. To become really good at anything, you have to practice and repeat, practice and repeat, until the technique becomes intuitive.

  

  Paulo Coelho
  • Good
  • Practice

• For instance, this new idea that You-Know-Who can kill with a single glance from his eyes. That’s a basilisk, listeners. One simple test: Check whether the thing that’s glaring at you has got legs. If it has, it’s safe to look into its eyes, although if it really is You-Know-Who, that’s still likely to be the last thing you ever do.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Single
  • Eyes
  • Simple

• To understand is to experience harmony between what we aim at and what is given, between the intention and the performance - and the body is our anchorage in the world.

  

  Maurice Merleau-Ponty
  • Performance
  • Harmony
  • Aim

• It is said of a lonely man that he does not appreciate the life of society. This is like saying he hates hiking because he dislikes walking in thick forest on a dark night.

  

  Sébastien-Roch Nicolas
  • Night
  • Hate
  • Dark