Alexandre Dumas Quotes

As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.

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• Justice is never given; it is exacted.

  

  A. Philip Randolph
  • Justice
  • Never
  • Given

• The Doobie Brothers are one of my favorites of all time.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • Time
  • Brothers
  • Favorites

• I've been told I have an aggressive driving style.

  

  Adam Ferrara
  • Style
  • Driving
  • Aggressive

• The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.

  

  Karl Philipp Moritz
  • Prayer
  • Something
  • Whole

• Mostly people are ignorant, what is the language of painting. You know, they're ignorant. It is so difficult to make them aware, but time will teach them.

  

  M. F. Husain
  • People
  • Time
  • Language

• I discovered television is a great way to deal with the chaos of new motherhood. I would put the babies to bed and get lost in a trashy reality show.

  

  Tamra Davis
  • Great
  • Reality
  • Lost

• My neighborhood didn't really encourage women, though it didn't prevent women from progressing, either.

  

  Ada Yonath
  • Women
  • Really
  • Neighborhood

• If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.

  

  Adam Mansbach
  • Life
  • Real
  • Feedback

• No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.

  

  Viktor E. Frankl
  • Human
  • Human being
  • Him

• We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Long
  • Hope
  • Happiness

• Do you know that people fall in love in war and go to school and go to factories and hospitals and get divorced and go dancing and go playing and live life?

  

  Zainab Salbi
  • People
  • Life
  • Live

• I create from a place of passion. It's like a pregnancy, where you create from a place of passion, and then it grows, and then before you know it, you want to push that baby out.

  

  Usher
  • Passion
  • Baby
  • Pregnancy

• I think it's always a good idea to dress as someone you like, as long as it's done in good taste. That's the key.

  

  Uzo Aduba
  • Good
  • Long
  • Done

• 99.5 percent of the people that walk around and say they are a social media expert or guru are clowns. We are going to live through a devastating social media bubble.

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
  • People
  • Live
  • Media

• From a spinner's perspective, in India it was never easy for me to judge where to stand: how far forward, how far back, because on Indian wickets the ball does not carry as much as abroad. That is true of slip fielding in general. I wouldn't say only for spinner – even for a fast bowler, that holds true.

  

  Rahul Dravid
  • True
  • Judge
  • Perspective

• I have no doubt I was someone very interesting in a past life.

  

  Patricia Velasquez
  • Life
  • Past
  • Interesting

• I lived the first five years of my life on a farm in Union City, Michigan, with my mom and grandparents. It was the most magical time of my life.

  

  Patricia Polacco
  • Life
  • Time
  • City

• When we were making KONG, I went into the sound room and made an aria of horror sounds. I was in charge of it; there was no one there to listen to me. I was totally in charge of what I wanted to do.

  

  Fay Wray
  • Horror
  • Making
  • Sounds

• My first collection was made from sheets that my grandmother, who lived in Normandy, had been collecting for a long time. There are a lot of flea markets in that part of France, and she knew what I liked.

  

  Olivier Theyskens
  • Time
  • Long
  • She

• I do love giving advice, but I try not to forget how flawed I am as well. And how many mistakes I've made.

  

  Anna Faris
  • Giving
  • Advice

• I just like to walk around New York, just put my iPod on and walk around.

  

  Kristen Wiig

• Obviously, artists need to make money and stuff like that, but if you do something good or if you make good art or make good stuff, the wealth will find you in some way.

  

  Kevin Parker Tame Impala
  • Good
  • Money
  • Art

• And would it have been worth it, after all, Would it have been worth while, After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets, After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor - And this, and so much more? -

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Sunset
  • Trails
  • Skirts

• As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.

  

  Alexandre Dumas
  • Advice
  • Rule
  • Blame