Baruch Spinoza Quotes

Maxima superbia vel abjectio est maxima sui ignorantia.

Baruch Spinoza

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• He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there's another dog.

  

  Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Dog
  • Mirror
  • Humble

• Being famous has changed a lot, because now there's so many outlets, between magazines, TV shows, and the Internet, for people to stalk and follow you. We created the monster.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • People
  • Famous
  • Internet

• My people were homesteading in Colorado before Emancipation.

  

  Pam Grier
  • People
  • Before
  • Emancipation

• I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those films and I don't care if it's stereotyped.

  

  Tanith Lee
  • Care
  • Films
  • Defend

• I love sparkly eyes for the holidays, especially New Year's Eve.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Eyes
  • I Love
  • Holidays

• There comes a point when a dream becomes reality and reality becomes a dream.

  

  Frances Farmer
  • Dream
  • Reality
  • Point

• I'm not a tall man. I'm just a hair under 5'5.

  

  Samm Levine
  • Man
  • Hair
  • Tall

• Spitfire asked me if I had a problem talking about Van Halen or Extreme. I really don't. There are people who are just going to want to know what it was like to play with Eddie.

  

  Gary Cherone Van Halen
  • People
  • Want
  • Know

• I don't have to prove my life. I just have to live.

  

  Daniel Berrigan
  • Life
  • Live
  • My Life

• I'm almost incapable of lying. I'd be a terrible spy.

  

  Gary Oldman
  • Lying
  • Almost
  • Spy

• I really hate bureaucracy and the idea that I'm not a free person.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Free
  • Hate
  • Idea

• You'd be surprised how self-conscious a lot of women are. That's something I've witnessed firsthand.

  

  Zendaya
  • Women
  • You
  • How

• I sort of fall in love with every character I do; you have to understand how they became what they've become, whether they're the ugly kind or the very beautiful kinds of characters.

  

  Sally Hawkins
  • Character
  • Beautiful
  • Ugly

• I can still memory - taste the fresh buttermilk pancakes and hot buttermilk biscuits - both made with lard! - that were cooked on the top, or in the oven, of that ancient iron stove.

  

  Vernon L. Smith
  • Memory
  • Hot
  • Iron

• It's a rare and special feeling to ride a racehorse.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Feeling
  • Special
  • Ride

• If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

  

  Malcolm X
  • Success
  • You
  • Critics

• I've always said that the better off you are, the more responsibility you have for helping others. Just as I think it's important to run companies well, with a close eye to the bottom line, I think you have to use your entrepreneurial experience to make corporate philanthropy effective.

  

  Carlos Slim
  • Important
  • Experience
  • Responsibility

• My dream is to see India as a nation of well-looked-after and respected sportspeople in all fields.

  

  Saina Nehwal
  • Dream
  • See
  • Nation

• His writing - in so many languages - made me a sign-post pointing east, west, north and south. I had shoes in German, stockings in French, gloves in Hebrew, a hat with a veil in Italian. He only kept me naked where I was most accustomed to wearing clothes.

  

  Peter Greenaway
  • Writing
  • Shoes
  • German

• I'm a professional actor, not a celebrity.

  

  Pam Ferris
  • Professional
  • Celebrity

• Maybe you want to give me kisses sweet,But only for one night with no repeat.Maybe you'd go away and never call,And a taste of honey is worse than none at all (oh little girl)Oh little girl, in that case I don't want no part. (I do believe that)That would only break my heart.Oh, but if you feel like loving me,If you got the notion,I second that emotion.

  

  Smokey Robinson
  • Believe
  • Heart
  • Night

• I don't know Eddie that well, but he has a great work ethic and that's why he's been in the game as long as he has.

  

  Pat Quinn
  • Work
  • Great
  • Long

• Maxima superbia vel abjectio est maxima sui ignorantia.

  

  Baruch Spinoza