Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes
La mémoire de la plupart des hommes est un cimetière abandonné, où gisent sans honneurs des morts qu'ils ont cessé de chérir.
Quotes to Explore
-
As I've traveled around the country, it has surprised me how many times I've heard people in small businesses use that word 'saved.' I believe many small businesses would not have had access to credit and would not have survived without the $50 billion that we were able to put into the market.
-
The reality is the majority of us will not get off this planet. So the long run is, some kind of space exploration has to benefit us here on Earth.
-
I'm lucky to be getting a lot of good work in Tollywood. And I won't say I'm choosy, but of course, you have to select the best, and I'm trying to grab as many good films as I can. There was a time when I had to let go of some films which I regret now.
-
TV is still the place to grab the most eyeballs.
-
When you hear people making hateful comments, stand up to them. Point out what a waste it is to hate, and you could open their eyes.
-
I don't like messing up. I think that's just a part of my personality. I don't like to mess up or do anything wrong. When I'm in gymnastics, I like to see my hit percent as high as possible.
-
Because of the way my words get scrutinized, I have to use a level of precision so people don't accuse me of misleading them.
-
Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
-
I'm not a T.G.I.F. guy. I get off a plane at 2 o'clock in the morning and I'm looking for my secretary because I want to know what's going on.
-
I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father.
-
When I have to promote things now, sometimes I realize that I had a movie in mind, but in the end, it's a vision of somebody else, so I have to promote their idea.
-
I'm very active, wild woman.
-
The National Security Council's real role is to coordinate the various activities of the government of the United States in the furtherance of American foreign policy.
-
The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
-
After wrestling with myself for six months, I began medical treatment. During that time I started a band with some friends of mine called Jack's Car, but that didn't last.
-
You come to me and it's my job to make you look the best you can look. From an image point of view, would I prefer to dress Jude Law instead of Rolf Harris? Of course. But it's my job to make them both look great.
-
Better were it to be unborn than ill-bred.
-
They mean a trip to Paris or RomeTo someone else but not for me.The trains and boats and planesTook you away, away from me.
-
Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work.
-
My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
-
Retarded kids are the best. When they ask for an autograph I just fake sign a picture and tell them that it's in invisible ink and it will show up later. They totally buy it. It saves me a fortune in markers.
-
I speak 'with absolute certainty' only so far as my own personal belief is concerned. Those who have not the same warrant for their belief as I have, would be very credulous and foolish to accept it on blind faith. Nor does the writer believe any more than her correspondent and his friends in any 'authority' let alone 'divine revelation'!
-
La mémoire de la plupart des hommes est un cimetière abandonné, où gisent sans honneurs des morts qu'ils ont cessé de chérir.
