Vittorio Alfieri Quotes

Joy, when it is excessive, overcomes as much as grief.

Vittorio Alfieri

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• There was never a great man who had not a great mother.

  

  Olive Schreiner
  • Great
  • Mother
  • Man

• You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.

  

  Harper Lee
  • Start
  • Books
  • Really

• It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.

  

  Nancy Sinatra
  • Nice
  • Again
  • Be Nice

• Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.

  

  Jack Dempsey
  • Chance
  • Living
  • Nobody

• Race differences show up early in life.

  

  J. Philippe Rushton
  • Life
  • Up
  • Race

• When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • Writing
  • Doing
  • Try

• As to which is cuter, a puppy or a baby, I'm going to say that probably depends less on the particular puppy and more on the baby. I've seen pictures of me as an infant and consider myself lucky that nobody ever offered my parents the opportunity to trade me for a beagle.

  

  W. Bruce Cameron
  • Parents
  • Opportunity
  • Myself

• If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.

  

  A. R. Rahman
  • Truth
  • True
  • Care

• In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.

  

  Karl Rove
  • Different
  • You
  • Perfect

• Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.

  

  Barbara Walters
  • Deep
  • Very
  • New Years

• I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.

  

  Adam Lambert
  • Taken
  • Industry
  • Seriously

• 'Sairat' is a film I absolutely loved. I have great regard for the movie and its film-maker. The movie blew my mind.

  

  Karan Johar
  • Great
  • Mind
  • Movie

• I think I really benefited from going to college.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • Think
  • College
  • Going

• My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.

  

  Eartha Kitt
  • Life
  • Myself
  • Opinions

• Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.

  

  Ovid
  • High
  • Lovers
  • Smiles

• 'Entourage' was a show that existed around wish-fulfillment. People watched it because they wanted to believe they could go on private jets and be hanging out in Hollywood, but as a show, comedically, it was not funny. Not a funny show. It's funny, ironically, because of how terrible it is.

  

  Adam Pally
  • People
  • Believe
  • Funny

• Writing and directing, to me, was the logical evolution from my life as an actor: going from telling someone else's story to actually creating my own. Perhaps one day I will do all three: write, direct, and act in the same production. That might get a little hectic, though.

  

  Tamzin Merchant
  • Life
  • Writing
  • Day

• Life is full of regrets, but it doesn't pay to look back.

  

  Zinedine Zidane
  • Life
  • Look
  • Regrets

• You can sustain visual beauty and innovative visual ideas for a certain length of time, but in a two-hour experience, which is really what movies are, usually audiences - whether they know it or not - most want an emotional connection to character.

  

  Gavid Hood
  • Time
  • Character
  • Experience

• I want to stay below the radar and make good films. I have to be careful; I don't want my life to change. I really don't want to be a movie star.

  

  Amelia Warner
  • Life
  • Change
  • Star

• I come from grunge, and then Brit-pop, scenes where you boast about how little you spent on an outfit. ... Now, it seems you must find The Dress, then The Dress needs to have The Belt, and a complementary but not overly-matching bag must be found which works with not only the correct hosiery, but with something to throw over yourself if you become chilly.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • Grunge

• Speak to me as to thy thinkings, As thou dost ruminate, and give thy worst of thoughts The worst of words.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Thinking
  • Giving
  • Speak

• It's a lot easier to write about people when you're not living with them!

  

  Maggie Nelson
  • People
  • Write
  • Easier

• Joy, when it is excessive, overcomes as much as grief.

  

  Vittorio Alfieri
  • Joy
  • Grief
  • Overcoming