Alphonse de Lamartine Quotes
I say to this night: 'Pass more slowly'; and the dawn will come to dispel the night.
Quotes to Explore
-
He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.
-
I'm a big fan of piano-based rock music like Elton John, Ben Folds, and even Queen.
-
Marxism is an interpretation of history which explains the progress of society as a product of the expansion of the forces of production of the material means of life, that is, the development of economy.
-
I went to this one in Ohio, and then I became a counselor there, and it was just the most fun thing. I was so depressed when I came home from camp.
-
Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it.
-
One thing you can't intend is how you will be read. I hear it said a lot that my books are about the 'search for identity', and this is said admiringly, as if I meant to encourage such a search.
-
I don't read novels, but my semiotics study influenced everything about the way I read and edit and write.
-
I was in the doldrums for a while after my athletics career ended in 1992. I spent six to eight hours a day training, for 18 years, and it took a long time to get over the regret that I wasn't competing in major championships any more. All I ever wanted to be was the best. But I find new projects and I keep things in perspective.
-
I want to have an impact on my son.
-
If there's one message I want people to take away is never compromise being your authentic self. Even if that means making others uncomfortable.
-
Few men could explain why they enlisted, and if they attempted they might only prove that they had done as a politician said the electorate does, the right thing from the wrong motive.
-
Taking B12 is the price of getting to be vegan, the way wearing a helmet is the price of getting to ride a motorcycle and giving up alcohol for nine months is the price of getting to have a baby.
-
I have to trust what I do and then do it.
-
(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
-
Some of those men in power, we just have to change their faces because we're not going to change their minds.
-
Gender equality and women's empowerment have been a top priority for me from day one as Secretary-General. And I am committed to making sure that the U.N. leads by example.
-
You're not human if you don't feel fear. But I've learnt to treat fear as an emotion that sharpens me. It's there to give me that edge for what I have to do.
-
My transactions are above board: I do not have money deposited in other accounts and have transparently declared all assets. My real wealth is, however, my experience as cofounder of Infosys and as Aadhar Chairman, which gave away 60,000 crore identity cards to people of India as promised.
-
We live in times of high stress. Messages that are simple, messages that are inspiring, messages that are life-affirming, are a welcome break from our real lives.
-
I'm really strict with my skincare regimen. No matter what's happening in my life, I wash my face every single night and I moisturize - even if it's 4 A.M.
-
I can't just watch a horror movie and leave it at that. The scary parts just stick with me. It kind of infiltrates my brain and sometimes I can't sleep at night, so usually I don't go and voluntarily watch one.
-
I'm a huge baseball fan. I always liked Marge, and I just wanted a couple of her things.
-
Meditation takes place when you bring all your awareness to this moment.
-
I say to this night: 'Pass more slowly'; and the dawn will come to dispel the night.
