Albert Camus Quotes

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

Albert Camus

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• Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.

  

  T. E. Hulme
  • World
  • Blue
  • Born

• It happens that I'm heterosexual, but I don't care about that. I do care about protecting the rights of 10 percent of our population who are homosexual and who don't have the ability to protect their rights.

  

  Ed Koch
  • Care
  • Ability
  • Protect

• I didn't really feel that there were any filler tracks on 'The Red Shoes,' but if I were to do that album now, I wouldn't make it so long.

  

  Kate Bush
  • Long
  • Red
  • Shoes

• This is something that I witnessed out on the campaign trail for three years, which is that there is a total disconnect between the rhetoric regarding immigration and the reality. And I'm speaking as a border state.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Reality
  • Immigration
  • Trail

• Problems will disappear as darkness disappears with the onset of light.

  

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
  • Light
  • Problems
  • Darkness

• This is Earth. Isn't it hot?

  

  Paris Hilton
  • Earth
  • Hot

• I've always said I've wanted to be around forever. I never wanted to be the latest, greatest thing. I want to be like Willie Nelson - touring when I'm 70. To do that, you can't be the latest, greatest thing because those things fizzle out.

  

  Gary Allan
  • Want
  • Forever
  • Said

• When we began Qualcomm, it had become quite clear that it was very important to patent new ideas.

  

  Irwin M. Jacobs
  • Important
  • Ideas
  • New

• When I started in the mid-'90s, the goal was really to shoot for a film career and stay there.

  

  Gabriel Mann
  • Career
  • Film
  • Goal

• I've dressed thousands of actors, actresses and animals, but whenever I am asked which star is my personal favorite, I answer, 'Grace Kelly.' She is a charming lady, a most gifted actress and, to me, a valued friend.

  

  Edith Head
  • Friend
  • Star
  • Grace Kelly

• I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse.

  

  S. J. Perelman
  • You
  • Horse
  • Had

• Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood and tears and effort in the gym every day.

  

  Gabby Douglas
  • Day
  • Effort
  • Gold

• I make up my own mind in light of available facts, with my own experience and a sense of personal ethics.

  

  Ian Anderson
  • Up
  • Mind
  • Experience

• Do you know how many calories are in butter and cheese and ice cream? Would you get your dog up in the morning for a cup of coffee and a donut?

  

  Jack LaLanne
  • Up
  • Morning
  • Dog

• I was brought up in Florence, a beautiful medieval town whose rhythm is completely in antiquity.

  

  Oleg Cassini
  • Up
  • Beautiful
  • Rhythm

• What is man, when you come to think upon him, but a minutely set, ingenious machine for turning, with infinite artfulness, the red wine of Shiraz into urine?

  

  Karen Blixen
  • Red
  • Wine

• Portability should be the default.

  

  Larry Wall

• The wind is rising on the sea,The windy white foam-dancers leap;And the sea moans uneasily,And turns to sleep, and cannot sleep.

  

  Arthur Symons
  • Sleep
  • Sea
  • Wind

• I'm one of those people that you have to keep your eye on or I'll wander off into the woods and forget to come back.

  

  Jack White The White Stripes
  • People
  • Forget
  • Wander

• Read a work on the 'Evidences of Christianity,' and it may become highly probable that Christianity, etc., are true. This is an opinion. Feel God. Do His will, till the Absolute Imperative within you speaks as with a living voice, ' Thou shalt, and thou shalt not;' and then you do not think, you know that there is a God.

  

  Frederick William Robertson
  • Work
  • God
  • May

• It is not only war that can stop war but men of goodwill, conscious of their mission can deal with such deadly enemy.

  

  Haile Selassie
  • Men
  • War
  • Stop

• Wherever I find love I will accept it.

  

  M. F. Husain
  • Love
  • Find
  • For Her

• At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

  

  Albert Camus
  • Hand
  • Accept
  • Qualities