Baltasar Gracian Quotes

Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool. The faultier a person's judgement the firmer their convictions.

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• When I saw rappers in the '90s cameo in films - all of those '90s rappers - it seemed like whenever you chucked a rapper in a film, they could just act. It seemed like all rappers could act.

  

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• I started as an actor, then became a theater director. I loved acting but didn't feel as confident as I needed to be, so I started directing theater; then I played in some movies, and then I felt the need to do my own stuff.

  

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• I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming.

  

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• I am a good and interested mother - which has surprised me.

  

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• The genius of Kate Middleton is that she hasn't gone too far. She's still dressing in a way that people can relate to.

  

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• I know who in the family is a great cook. I know where the great recipes are.

  

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• Distracting a politician from governing is like distracting a bear from eating your baby.

  

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• I never go perform somewhere alone. I've done that since day one. I've always taken other comics with me.

  

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• Every moment in our lives is a miracle we should enjoy instead of ignoring.

  

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• Terrorism is a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society.

  

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• J. L. Austin; James Opie Urmson, Geoffrey James Warnock eds. (1979) Philosophical Papers, 3rd ed. New York: Oxford.

  

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• Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, very deep; so deep, indeed, that no cable could fathom it: many church steeples, piled one upon another, would not reach from the ground beneath to the surface of the water above. There dwell the Sea King and his subjects.

  

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• But it is hard to know them flatterers from friends, they are so obsequious, and full of protestations; for as a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a friend.

  

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• 'The first lesson on Roke, and the last is, Do what is needful! And no more.''The lessons in between, then, must consist in learning what is needful.''They do.'

  

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• It's Friday the 13th. my favorite holiday. Keep it weird.

  

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• Women are but the toys which amuse our lighter hours-ambition is the serious business of life.

  

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• I feel more like a father to a child: my Cube inspired thousands of 'twisty puzzles,' and I'm amazed how it continues to excite new generations.

  

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• This is love that surrounds, only a fool without wisdom can see. Blind as I am in your eyes, my lady of dreams.

  

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• If you make a fool of yourself, you can do it with dignity, without taking your pants down. And if you do take your pants down, you can still do it with dignity.

  

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• I am like a brick.

  

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• Neither Italian fascism nor German national "socialism" have anything in common with such a [Soviet socialistic] society, primarily because private ownership of factories, plants, lands, banks, means of transportation, etc., remain untouched there, and, therefore, capitalism in Germany and Italy remains in full force.

  

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• Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool. The faultier a person's judgement the firmer their convictions.

  

  Baltasar Gracian
  • Fool
  • Conviction
  • Judgement