Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: June 28, 1712 - July 2, 1778

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So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the principles of democracy, especially including dissent, to be the most forceful in speaking up, standing up and speaking out.

Jim Hightower

TimeValueDemocracyNowPrinciples

I think theater is the strongest place to find what's missing in entertainment. Unfortunately, it pays the least.

Joe Morton

ThinkFindPlaceEntertainmentLeast

Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded. However, they are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

John Kenneth Galbraith

GreatYourselfPeopleThinkMeetings

It is splendid to be supportive when you see those around you doing well, but blind praise is easier than harsh facts.

Robert Rinder

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The American obsession with 'Downton' amuses me slightly because it's such a fiction. I've always been questioned about my historical veracity, and 'Downton' just flies past, when it's completely made up.

Michael Hirst

PastMeAmericanAlwaysHistorical

Jihad is the Afghan bling.

Aman Mojadidi

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Telephones are a virtual necessity - not a luxury - and the revenues collected by this tax flow into the general fund. But this once temporary tax remains and costs American taxpayers, our small businesses and families almost $6 billion dollars a year.

Mike Fitzpatrick

SmallAmericanLuxuryYearTaxFlow

I think the success of 'Downton' is partly because there are effectively 18 leading characters, all given equal importance, so it's enormously involving on many levels. But also, it's a new story. It's not like Dickens or Austen, where everyone knows the denouement.

Michelle Dockery

SuccessStoryThinkNewEqualWhere

I received a lot of complaints from parents who wrote and told me that their kids wouldn't go to sleep until our show was over. So I went on the air and told all the children watching to 'listen to their Uncle Miltie and go to bed right after the show.'

Milton Berle

ChildrenSleepParentsMeUncleGo

The list of things that are conventional today that I use every day that I thought would never make it is a very long list.

Lloyd Blankfein

TodayDayThoughtLongEvery Day

Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.

Desiderius Erasmus

TruthManMindMoreFarThan

Teachers are out there with a very difficult job, which they pursue with tireless dedication.

Chi McBride

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