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

• We never left a set until we'd trashed it.

  

  Uma Thurman
  • Never
  • Left
  • Until

• 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

• My message is not just to disabled people, but to everyone: You have to work hard.

  

  Natalie du Toit
  • People
  • Work
  • Work Hard

• 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

• If you put music into your Vine, and it's really jumpy, just do it over again.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • Music
  • You
  • Vine

• 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

• At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.

  

  William James
  • Wisdom
  • Acceptance
  • Concern

• What women would do if they could not cry, nobody knows. What poor, defenceless creatures they would be!

  

  Douglas Jerrold
  • Women
  • Poor
  • Cry

• In the past, I've been a workaholic. I'm trying not to be anymore.

  

  Lauren Shuler Donner
  • Trying
  • Past

• We are all creatures of habit. We can do most things without even thinking about them; our bodies take charge and do them for us.

  

  Earl Nightingale
  • Thinking
  • Habit

• Don't you think this outlaw bit has done got out of hand?What started out to be a joke, the law don't understand.Was it singing through my nose that got me busted by the man?Maybe this here outlaw bit has done got out of hand.

  

  Waylon Jennings
  • Done
  • Law
  • Hand

• 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