Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than a man with prejudices.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ManYouSayWhateverForgiveMay

When I write a book, characters come to life for me somewhere at the back of my head. I strive to make them flesh and blood in an abstract way, in words.

Jhumpa Lahiri

LifeWordsMeBookBackWay

Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not.

Anna Neagle

LonelinessSolitudePleasant

The dwelling places of Europe have an air of inheritance, or cumulative possession - a hive occupied by generations of bees.

John Updike

PlacesAirEuropeInheritanceBees

My parents were always Welsh-speaking and very proud of Wales.

John Rhys-Davies

ParentsProudAlwaysVeryWere

I am a great believer in naps, whatever age you are.

Shirley Eaton

AgeGreatI AmYouWhateverAm

I cannot consistently, with self respect, do other than I have, namely, to deliberately violate an act which seems to me to be a denial of everything which ideally and in practice I hold sacred.

Roger Nash Baldwin

RespectPracticeMeSelfEverything

Most people talk; we do things. They plan; we achieve. They hesitate; we move ahead. We are living proof that when human beings have the courage and commitment to transform a dream into reality, there is nothing that can stop them.

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

CourageCommitmentPeopleReality

Without individuals feeling safe and having an environment of safety, they then have reluctance of taking part in the city of being active. They wind up wanting to leave the city. That's more detrimental.

Dick Powell

CitySafetyWindEnvironmentFeeling

In the military, and in business, the most elite and effective teams I've seen or been part of are filled with individuals who take responsibility for their choices. Life is a series of decisions that you make and actions you take, not a series of things that happen to you.

Chris Fussell

LifeBusinessResponsibilityChoices

When I work with a character like Valjean on stage, I get totally absorbed in that man. I become that man. But there's always, outside of that, the third eye, which watches what you're doing. And you can say to yourself, 'I'm crying well' or 'I'm being angry well.' But there's always that element there, and it never stops.

Colm Wilkinson

WorkCharacterManYourselfAngry

I wanted to be an actor as a kid. My teacher in second grade had called a talent agency and had them call my house. My mom was so mad.

Brendon Urie

TeacherTalentMomHouseMadActor

I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.

Boy George

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