Georges Duhamel Quotes

It is strange what a contempt men have for the joys that are offered them freely.

Georges Duhamel

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• When it was over my daughter said, 'Oh, I felt so sorry for him - he didn't want to hurt you, he liked you.' That was Victoria. When you visualize him up there on top of the Empire State Building, you do feel sorry for him.

  

  Fay Wray
  • Up
  • Hurt
  • Daughter

• For the Arminian, salvation is possible for all but certain for none. In the Calvinist position, salvation is sure for God's elect.

  

  R. C. Sproul
  • God
  • Possible
  • Position

• Oh, how this spring of love resembleth, The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all beauty of the Sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Spring
  • Shows
  • Glory

• It's not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living and that things are free.

  

  William Weld
  • People
  • World
  • Government

• In survey after survey, people report that the greatest dangers they face are, in this order: terrorist attack, plane crashes and nuclear accidents. This despite the fact that these three combined have killed fewer people in the past half-century than car accidents do in any given year.

  

  Will Self
  • People
  • Car
  • Danger

• It is a well-known fact that we see the faults in other's works more readily than we do in our own.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Fact
  • Works
  • Faults

• Remember, too, every day, and whenever you can, repeat to yourself, Lord, have mercy on all who appear before Thee today. For every hour and every moment thousands of men leave life on this earth, and their souls appear before God. And how many of them depart in solitude, unknown, sad, dejected that no one mourns for them or even knows whether they have lived or not!

  

  Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Life
  • God
  • Remember

• A good education is a stepping-stone to wealth.

  

  Helen Keller
  • Education
  • Wealth

• A visionary thrives under all conditions.

  

  Esther Hicks
  • Conditions
  • Visionaries

• Satisfaction is the death of ambition.

  

  Nikki Yanofsky
  • Death
  • Ambition
  • Satisfaction

• We offered it, but they rejected it, ... They have no use for it.

  

  F. Thomson Leighton
  • Rejected
  • Offered

• Sometimes even the greatest joys bring challenge, and children with special needs inspire a very, very special love.

  

  Sarah Palin
  • Children
  • Love
  • Challenge

• Over the years since then though, I couldn't even begin to try and count all the mistakes I've made but also, all the joys I've found while traveling on the road. So in living this kind of lifestyle day in and day out for that many years you learn. You learn a lot about yourself. You learn a lot about how people should be treated and how they should treat each other. For the most part, I've really learned patience, temperament and fairness all around.

  

  Chuck Ragan
  • Learn
  • Yourself
  • Mistakes

• Part of the attraction of the SEAL teams was the incredible tests that it offered.

  

  Eric Greitens
  • Attraction
  • Teams
  • Offered

• We Democrats think the country works better with a strong middle class, real opportunities for poor people to work their way into it and a relentless focus on the future, with business and government working together to promote growth and broadly shared prosperity. We think "we're all in this together" is a better philosophy than "you're on your own."

  

  Bill Clinton
  • Future
  • Focus
  • Opportunities

• It is strange what a contempt men have for the joys that are offered them freely.

  

  Georges Duhamel
  • Joys
  • Offered
  • Freely