Blaise Pascal Quotes

Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness.

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• People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, 'How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?' Not that I'm trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.

  

  J. Cole
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.

  

  Feisal Abdul Rauf
  • People
  • Great
  • Done

• Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.

  

  Katarina Witt
  • Man
  • Woman
  • Look

• If someone has failed, that is not a deficiency for me. I think that he has more motivation. I've seen many examples where someone was successful first and failed later and failed first and then succeeded. If they failed in an honest way, I don't see it as a deficiency.

  

  Yossi Vardi
  • Way
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  • Honest

• My target is to give everything, and only if we win the trophies will I be relaxed.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • Win
  • Give
  • Target

• Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.

  

  Gary Bauer
  • Virtue
  • Empathy
  • Judicial

• The guys in my band are good friends on and off the stage. The band members that I have now is probably the best band that I have ever had.

  

  Ace Frehley Kiss
  • Good
  • Friends
  • Band

• It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.

  

  Mandy Moore
  • Important
  • Partner
  • Tea

• I think eating in itself is the act of great sensuality, so all you have to do is point the camera in the right direction.

  

  Padma Lakshmi
  • Great
  • Direction
  • Eating

• It kind of varies according to what I'm doing and what my situation is, but, most of the time, I have no idea what I'm doing until the day of.

  

  Mackenzie Foy
  • Time
  • Day
  • Doing

• ISIS is on the offense, with the ability to attack at will, anyplace, anytime.

  

  Jack Keane
  • Ability
  • Will
  • Attack

• I know what it's like to be a model and go to castings where some people like what they see and others look at you with distaste.

  

  Karen Gillan
  • People
  • Know
  • Model

• Fifth Harmony as a group represents more confidence, more girl power, more unity. They're anthems, as opposed to confessional songwriting about one person's life when there are five individual women.

  

  Camila Cabello Fifth Harmony
  • Life
  • Women
  • Power

• I just got sick of not being able to raise money for a movie - that's what happens, so I just made my own.

  

  Campbell Scott
  • Money
  • Movie
  • Sick

• I got to know Elton John's older music by learning to like his newer stuff. 'The Lion King?' That's what I like.

  

  Aaron Schock
  • Music
  • Learning
  • King

• Television is a thing that people get very familiar with. They want to hear your voice in their head.

  

  Damon Wayans, Jr.
  • People
  • Voice
  • Television

• Coming from Australia and playing rugby, you just think that soccer is a bit soft, but I'll tell you what - it's not. It's rough as guts. It's great.

  

  Tanc Sade
  • Great
  • Think
  • Soccer

• As soon as chemists have a definite conception of the internal structure of the molecule of an organic compound, they are able to tackle the task of producing these substances by artificial methods, i.e. by synthesis, as we call it.

  

  Otto Wallach
  • Structure
  • Task
  • Internal

• When combined, the small individual contributors of caring, friendship, forgiveness, and love, each of us different from our next-door neighbors, can form a phalanx, an army, with great capability.

  

  Jimmy Carter
  • Great
  • Different
  • Small

• My parents were like June and Ward Cleaver; there was nothing dysfunctional about them.

  

  Kelly Ripa
  • Parents
  • June

• Any strain upon a girl's intellect is to be dreaded, and any attempt to bring women into competition with men can scarcely escapefailure.

  

  Elizabeth Missing Sewell
  • Men
  • Women
  • Girl

• Behold, I am become a reproach to thy holy name, by serving any ambition and the sins of others; which though I did by the persuasion of other men, yet my own conscience did cheek and upbraid me in it.

  

  William Laud
  • Men
  • Ambition
  • Sin

• Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness.

  

  Blaise Pascal
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