Marcel Proust Quotes
But when from a long-distant past nothing subsists, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered, taste and smell alone, more fragile but more enduring, more unsubstantial, more persistent, more faithful, remain poised a long time, like souls, remembering, waiting, hoping, amid the ruins of all the rest; and bear unflinchingly, in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence, the vast structure of recollection.
Marcel Proust
Quotes to Explore
The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise.
P. J. O'Rourke
If there is one thing I am, it's always right.
Ted Nugent
When I passed the age of 50, I learned how to control my emotions.
Mahmoud Darwish
Now, since I'm a husband and father, discrimination against women isn't just political, it's personal.
Warren Farrell
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Mahatma Gandhi
Singing is my main goal, and I think philosophy will help me write songs.
Jackie Evancho
I loved to read and would read anything that roused my interest, whether it was below my age level or above it, even if I could barely make sense of it.
Mary Gaitskill
Externally China desires independence, internally she seeks to maintain her existence as a nation; China therefore strives to loose the bonds that bind her people, and to complete the establishment of a new State.
Chiang Kai-shek
When we are polite to children, we show in the most simple and direct way possible that we value them as people and care about their feelings.
David Elkind
I was involved in the anti-war movement.
Bill Ayers
But when from a long-distant past nothing subsists, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered, taste and smell alone, more fragile but more enduring, more unsubstantial, more persistent, more faithful, remain poised a long time, like souls, remembering, waiting, hoping, amid the ruins of all the rest; and bear unflinchingly, in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence, the vast structure of recollection.
Marcel Proust