Moliere Quotes

Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!

Moliere

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• Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.

  

  Laura Dern
  • People
  • Why
  • Job

• Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.

  

  Madeleine M. Kunin
  • Different
  • Country
  • Wisdom

• My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.

  

  Zosia Mamet
  • Me
  • Talent
  • Taught

• Truthfully, I'm pretty stuck in the '80s.

  

  Dan Harmon
  • Pretty
  • Stuck
  • Truthfully

• You always learn something from mistakes.

  

  Yani Tseng
  • You
  • Learn
  • Mistakes

• Smallpox, which spreads by respiration and kills roughly one in three of those infected, took hundreds of millions of lives during a recorded history dating to Pharaonic Egypt. The last case was in 1978, and the disease was declared eradicated on May 8, 1980.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • May
  • History
  • Dating

• The dog is the perfect portrait subject. He doesn't pose. He isn't aware of the camera.

  

  Patrick Demarchelier
  • Perfect
  • Dog
  • Camera

• Wisdom can be learned. But it cannot be taught.

  

  Anthony de Mello
  • Wisdom

• Much learning shows how little mortals know;Much wealth, how little worldlings can enjoy.

  

  Edward Young
  • Learning

• A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world.

  

  Jane Austen
  • World
  • Family

• Liturgy, in truth, is an event by means of which we let ourselves be introduced into the expansive faith and prayer of the Church. This is the reason why the early Christians prayed facing east, in the direction of the rising sun, the symbol of the returning Christ.

  

  Pope Benedict XVI
  • Why
  • Truth
  • Faith

• Human reactions to robots varies by culture and changes over time. In the United States we are terrified by killer robots. In Japan people want to snuggle with killer robots.

  

  Daniel H. Wilson
  • People
  • Time
  • Culture

• We need to consistently play our role as a moral leader in the world.

  

  Elizabeth Esty
  • World
  • Moral

• You always have that danger when you do a pilot of getting this gigantic chunk of change, and all of a sudden you're like, 'It's going to run forever, and I'm buying a house in the Hollywood Hills.'

  

  David Denman
  • House
  • Forever

• The fact that the Virgin logo was on the side of SpaceShipOne on October 4th, 2004 was fantastic.

  

  Peter Diamandis
  • October

• Amor, ch'al cor gentil ratto s'apprende,prese costui de la bella personache mi fu tolta; e 'l modo ancor m'offende.Amor, ch'a nullo amato amar perdona,mi prese del costui piacer sì forte,che, come vedi, ancor non m'abbandona.

  

  Dante Alighieri

• I'm surprised that we've gotten to a point where we don't put our country first and put our party first.

  

  Jon Huntsman, Jr.
  • Country
  • Party

• I don't really see myself as an accomplished person. I just worked hard and got opportunities to do what I love. I've been blessed.

  

  Malese Jow
  • Love
  • Person
  • Blessed

• Some things are just really difficult to do. That's what I find hard. I usually can find a way to do a character to make it real and work. But sometimes it's a struggle sustaining that, because there's such a level of personal involvement and personal, physical, and emotional distraughtness.

  

  Alan Cumming
  • Work
  • Real
  • Character

• Dead is the cradle of everything.

  

  Antoni Lange
  • Everything
  • Dead
  • Cradle

• In the eyes of mercy, no one should have hateful thoughts. Feel pity for the man who is even more at fault. The area and size of mercy is limitless.

  

  Yamamoto Tsunetomo
  • Eyes
  • Thoughts
  • Mercy

• There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. - Mr. Knightley

  

  Jane Austen
  • Duty
  • Chooses
  • Manoeuvring

• Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!

  

  Moliere
  • Mercy
  • Arms
  • Satisfy