Blaise Pascal Quotes
Nothing is so insufferable to man as to be completely at rest, without passions, without business, without diversion, without study. He then feels his nothingness, his forlornness, his insufficiency, his dependence, his weakness, his emptiness. There will immediately arise from the depth of his heart weariness, gloom, sadness, fretfulness, vexation, despair.
Blaise Pascal
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We've all read, I'm sure, a Superman book where we didn't really feel like we knew the character. Where the writer, often with the best of intentions, has tried put a personal stamp on the character, whether it be to try and make him more current, or cool, or have a broader appeal, etc.
Gary Frank
I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
Mae West
It's a very good historical book about history.
Dan Quayle
If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
W. C. Fields
While I now own more guns than the 82nd Airborne, my first gun is still the most important gun I've ever owned.
Ted Nugent
Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
Ian Watson
If someone's going to talk about me, I'd want it to be positively. The way many write, you'd think only bad things were interesting. If we don't think positive, what's the use? It's a lot more fun, you know.
Dorothy Stratten
I don't have regrets I didn't spend more time with my family because I've lived my life to the full, and you can't look back in regret.
Lech Walesa
It's really important how you say things because people won't necessarily remember what words you used, but they'll remember how you made them feel.
Brian McDermott
Prison widens your circle of friends. In my stand-up, I can now talk about things that no one else has the right to touch.
Craig Charles
Nothing is so insufferable to man as to be completely at rest, without passions, without business, without diversion, without study. He then feels his nothingness, his forlornness, his insufficiency, his dependence, his weakness, his emptiness. There will immediately arise from the depth of his heart weariness, gloom, sadness, fretfulness, vexation, despair.
Blaise Pascal
