Rene Descartes Quotes

Archimedes, that he might transport the entire globe ... demanded only a point that was firm and immovable; so also, I shall be entitled to entertain the highest expectations, if I am fortunate enough to discover only one thing that is certain and indubitable.

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• At the age of 13, I felt it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to go to church or be with my mates, and I chose to go to church.

  

  Gareth Gates
  • Me
  • Church
  • Decide

• I believe in the spirit of equality and the spirit of this country as one of love and compassion and kindness.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Believe
  • Spirit
  • Compassion

• I guess you could say I'm a model slash hotelier slash actor slash screenwriter.

  

  Vikram Chatwal
  • You
  • Model
  • Actor

• I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial.

  

  Irvin S. Cobb
  • Hope
  • Learned
  • Illness

• If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And many movie fans I've spoken to would rather see an actor in a costume than CG.

  

  Warwick Davis
  • Character
  • Movie
  • Think

• Most single women have been in that situation where there is a silent guy in your group. You don't see him as boyfriend material. He's just there, but you know all the same people.

  

  Zoe Lister-Jones
  • People
  • Women
  • Guy

• I'm a hopeless romantic.

  

  Lance Bass NSYNC
  • Romantic
  • Hopeless

• The impact we have on people's lives, to me, is more important than any title anyone can carry.

  

  Payal Kadakia
  • People
  • Important

• My head works in music, so there's always music there.

  

  Ben Harper
  • Music
  • Always
  • Head

• What’s your name?' she asked, and surprised herself. But for some reason, she wanted to know. Dean’s brother—he hadn’t been just some nameless Bad Guy Number Four. This vampire wasn’t,either. He had a name, a history, maybe even people who cared what happened to him. My name is none of your business,' he said, and continued to stare out the window, even though there was nothing but blurry brick out there. Can I call you None for short?

  

  Rachel Caine
  • People
  • She
  • Business

• I am convinced that the Black man will only reach his full potential when he learns to draw upon the strengths and insights of the Black woman.

  

  Manning Marable
  • Men
  • Women
  • Black

• I think that music, beats, melody, sound are a natural part of our DNA, our vibe. It’s just a part of the cycle of our lives, we’re born, we have eyes, we have music.

  

  Ziggy Marley
  • Music
  • Thinking
  • Eyes

• Superior people take both the credit and the blame for everything that happens to them.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • People
  • Happens
  • Blame

• Usually, in daily life, we are motivated to do something, then we do it. But when mood is low, we have to do something before the motivation comes.

  

  Mark Williams
  • Life
  • Daily
  • Something

• Well, we're out of time here. Regardless of that, and what might be perceived as our disagreement on the substance of this, my great thanks for coming out and speaking to this under these circumstances.

  

  Keith Olbermann
  • Time
  • Great
  • Circumstances

• I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering.

  

  Robert Frost
  • Writing
  • Poem
  • Discovering

• When thou goest to woman, take thy whip.

  

  Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Woman
  • Whip
  • Goest

• I was a hugely unchaperoned reader, and I would wander into my local public library and there sat the world, waiting for me to look at it, to find out about it, to discover who I might be inside it.

  

  Patrick Ness
  • World
  • Waiting
  • Library

• It's gone from people questioning the model to people demanding the model. Over the last 18 months to two years, it's been a total sea change. Companies know we'll manage that information better than they possibly could. They want it stored offsite so it's more easily accessible to their people around the globe.

  

  Zach Nelson
  • People
  • Change
  • Model

• There is such a thing as looking through a person's eyes into the heart, and learning more of the height, and breadth, and depth of another's soul in one hour than it might take you a lifetime to discover, if he or she were not disposed to reveal it, or if you had not the sense to understand it.

  

  Anne Bronte
  • Heart
  • Soul
  • Learning

• Archimedes, that he might transport the entire globe ... demanded only a point that was firm and immovable; so also, I shall be entitled to entertain the highest expectations, if I am fortunate enough to discover only one thing that is certain and indubitable.

  

  Rene Descartes
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  • Globe