Blaise Pascal Quotes
When malice has reason on its side, it looks forth bravely, and displays that reason in all its luster. When austerity and self-denial have not realized true happiness, and the soul returns to the dictates of nature, the reaction is fearfully extravagant.
Blaise Pascal
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Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a good thing can be wonderful'.
Warren Buffett
Having achieved and accomplished love... man... has become himself, his tale is told.
D. H. Lawrence
I know that in my family there are histories of violence that are internal family things and that are oftentimes dealt with internally. By internally, I mean inside the family group, but also partly inside ourselves. You know, self-hatred and hostility and rage and this cycle that won't break.
Kara Walker
As opposed to putting too much confidence in myself, or in an image or a scene or a set of brushes, I really want to allow the oil paint to perform, to show me the things that it wants to do, beyond my imagination.
Dan Colen
You've got your hands full if you have three children under 2 years old.
Jackie Collins
There Shakespeare, on whose forehead climbThe crowns o’ the world; oh, eyes sublimeWith tears and laughter for all time!
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Improving efficiency on the farm is not only a risk-reduction strategy, it's a profitability strategy.
Bill Vaughan
The only time anyone has ever gotten into serious trouble was when he decided he could do nothing about something.
L. Ron Hubbard
Charisma defined As usual, the Greeks had a word for it. Charisma originated with an ancient Greek word meaning ‘gift’. The early Christians later used it to describe ‘gifts from God that allowed receivers to carry out extraordinary feats such as healing and prophesy.
Andrew Leigh
Man is nothing but insincerity, falsehood, and hypocrisy, both in regard to himself and in regard to others. He does not wish that he should be told the truth, he shuns saying it to others; and all these moods, so inconsistent with justice and reason, have their roots in his heart.
Blaise Pascal
I am fully aware of the concept of political revolutions. After all, that is what we hoped might happen in the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe, but what actually happened was capitalist restoration.
Tariq Ali
Who would not prefer animals to these people who prefer animals to people?
Wendy Doniger
