Victor Hugo Quotes

Woe, alas, to those who have loved only bodies, forms, appearances! Death will rob them of everything. Try to love souls, you will find them again.

Victor Hugo

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• 'FlashForward' was on the outs when I was approached with 'Happy Endings.' I literally got the script on a Friday, and on Saturday morning I met with David Caspe, Jamie Tarses, and the Russo brothers. I took the role on that Saturday, and on Monday I was doing a table read. It all happened very fast, but it was super exciting.

  

  Zachary Knighton
  • Happy
  • Morning
  • Doing

• If I still had my legs, I would be in line for a battalion command, and instead, I'm flying a desk.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
  • Flying
  • Line
  • Desk

• It was really impossible to break through in Russia. We couldn't buy any balls. We really didn't have any courts, no rackets, nothing. And no people to practice with.

  

  Marat Safin
  • People
  • Practice
  • Impossible

• I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.

  

  Ian K. Smith
  • Think
  • Happiness
  • Pleasure

• I have a carbohydrate and protein-rich diet. For breakfast, I typically have two slices of bread with butter or jam, four to five eggs - boiled or fried - a few bananas and a glass of milk.

  

  Vijender Singh
  • Breakfast
  • Bread
  • Diet

• If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Woman
  • Situation
  • Everyone

• First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing, a modulated tone of voice, and a well-ordered manner of speech. He should be without anxiety as to his food and drink, and should eat in silence.

  

  Saint Basil
  • World
  • Food
  • Silence

• Second records aren't usually very good. Even Bob Dylan's was a bit disappointing.

  

  Madeleine Peyroux
  • Good
  • Very
  • Second

• A true champion will fight through anything.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • True
  • Fight
  • Champion

• I'm fascinated by the people I grew up with and the mistakes I made - and God, I have screwed up. I like writing about where it all went off course.

  

  Pat Conroy
  • People
  • Up
  • God

• A lot of people see a Nissan ad and they see a finished product in a record store or on iTunes and that's the face of the band.

  

  Patrick Carney The Black Keys
  • People
  • Band
  • Face

• I enjoy playing someone who doesn't show up and say, 'This is what I am, and this is what I'm about,' but is someone who, four hours in, makes you go, 'Really? Is that what's going on?'

  

  Dallas Roberts
  • Enjoy
  • Playing

• The American consumer, even today, the weight of the American consumer in the global economy is China plus India doubled. So, it's tough to replace that.

  

  Fareed Zakaria
  • American
  • Today
  • Tough

• Longer than there've been fishes in the oceanHigher than any bird ever flew.Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens,I've been in love with you.

  

  Dan Fogelberg
  • Up
  • Bird

• Sometimes I'm scared of being Ozzy Osbourne. But it could have been worse. I could have been Sting.

  

  Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath

• Disneyworld…is a historical reconstruction as sanitised as the Kremlin's, and a future vision as uncognisant of contemporary pointers as Peter Pan's. It is a magic carpet under which everything has been swept.

  

  Alan Coren
  • Future
  • Vision
  • Magic

• ’They are a very great boon to mankind, dentists,’ said Isabel. ‘And I’m not sure that we are grateful enough to them. I’m not sure that we even bother to thank them.’ She paused. Were there any statues of dentists? She thought not. And yet there should be.

  

  Alexander McCall Smith
  • Thank
  • Statues
  • Dentists

• I wasn't being followed around by paparazzi all the time. I was able to be a kid and spend that time with my family and not grow up too quickly.

  

  Danielle Fishel
  • Up
  • Time
  • Family

• I was a singing disc jockey who heard every type of music there was - and loved it all.

  

  B. B. King
  • Music
  • Singing
  • Loved

• There is no such thing as a chance encounter. No death occurs by chance, nor any birth. In the creative atmosphere of Framework 2, intents are known. In a manner of speaking, no act is private.

  

  Jane Roberts
  • Death

• The low dive had set a standard that only middle-aged hooligans could remember and to which they looked back as Mrs Lot at Sodom.

  

  Quentin Crisp
  • Remember

• It got so ridiculous that I was like, there's no way this is going to last.

  

  Philip J. Kaplan

• Sometimes, we find ourselves as conservatives being angry when we should be joyful, finding ourselves being negative when we should be positive, because we have a positive message to send... We ought to be the most compassionate people in the world.

  

  Kevin Cramer
  • People
  • World
  • Positive

• Woe, alas, to those who have loved only bodies, forms, appearances! Death will rob them of everything. Try to love souls, you will find them again.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Death
  • Loved
  • Appearances