Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Quotes to Explore
-
I think I felt compelled in a way because if I hadn't written the part, I never would have been offered the part. There are at least 10 guys who would have been offered the part before me.
Zach Braff -
Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
Dan Quayle -
I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
Mads Mikkelsen -
I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
Venus Williams -
Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
I haven't listened to much music lately; I've been out of it.
Adam Jones
-
If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.
Maimonides -
But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
Rachael Leigh Cook -
We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are. Tranquility and quiet that will be witnessed and in our land, starting today, is the beginning for a new era.
Mahmoud Abbas -
If there's one message I want people to take away is never compromise being your authentic self. Even if that means making others uncomfortable.
Halima Aden -
A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake.
Hans Haacke -
Because women have been marginalised, they're more likely to behave like immigrants and continue to push themselves forward in order to avoid falling through the cracks, but I don't think a happy ending comes from matriarchy.
Hanna Rosin
-
What really matters is who you are when you step on the field, and I will let my bat and my glove speak for themselves.
Pablo Sandoval -
I've always romanticized the late '40s and '50s - the cars, jazz, the open roads and lack of pollution. Now there are more vehicles, less hitchhikers, more billboards and power lines and stuff. People wrote wonderful long letters that took months to receive, and now everything is email.
Garrett Hedlund -
To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.
Madeleine Albright -
I have truly eclectic taste in music, and I seem to cycle through phases in terms of to what's inspiring me. I'll go from Beethoven to Sigur Ros; world music, Brit-pop, classic rock, blues/jazz, even the odd bit of heavy metal.
Rachel Miner -
I'm not a huge soccer fan, but I follow the sport. I played in high school, a little bit in college, played on various club teams most of my life, and all three of my sons are competitive soccer players and far better than I ever was.
Hampton Sides -
I believe in holiness and sacredness in other people. It doesn't mean that the clouds part and I see God. That's a juvenile way of thinking about it.
Karen Armstrong
-
I think Hillary Clinton's probably going to be indicted, is my guess. So anything she can do to deflect from her email scandal and other scandals which are coming down is probably good for her.
Corey Lewandowski -
The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.
Abu Abbas -
Recognize in this bread what hung on the cross, and in this chalice what flowed from His side... whatever was in many and varied ways announced beforehand in the sacrifices of the Old Testament pertains to this one sacrifice which is revealed in the New Testament.
Saint Augustine -
The nature of business is swindling.
August Bebel -
Ambition without contribution is of no significance.
Kevin Kline -
Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau