Jean de La Fontaine Quotes

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Jean de La Fontaine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: July 8, 1621 - April 13, 1695

Topics

LifeFriendshipShadowSunEvening

I'm an actor; I'm not a director.

Max von Sydow

ActorDirector

It is this, at its most basic, that makes science a humane pursuit; it acknowledges the commonality of people's experience.

John Polanyi

ScienceExperiencePeoplePursuit

There is a great stir about colored men getting their rights, but not a word about the colored women; and if colored men get their rights, and not colored women theirs, you see, the colored men will be masters over the women, and it will be just as bad as it was before.

Sojourner Truth

WomenGreatMenYouBadWill

I am a radical in thought (and principle) and a conservative in method (and conduct).

Rutherford B. Hayes

I AmThoughtConservativePrinciple

Being a prime minister is a very demanding job. And as long as I have the strength, I will continue to do this and be of benefit to my country.

Dmitry Medvedev

StrengthJobLongCountryWill

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

Confucius

FriendTrue FriendSilenceTrueWho

I've always said that when I retire, I'll decide in the training room and not after a fight.

Chuck Liddell

TrainingFightSaidRoomRetire

I wanted to design a line based on Hollywood's Golden Era. I talked with Stephen Burrows and with Willi Smith and with one or two other people, but it just seems like such a hard field to break into. I need someone like Calvin Klein's manager to get behind me!

Aretha Franklin

PeopleMeDesignSomeoneManager

When a character bears the same name as the author it's just an invitation to have some fun.

Arthur Phillips

CharacterFunNameSameInvitation

And now it looks like I'm probably going to shoot a movie that I wrote. I got the money to do it, and I would star and all, because of being on Howard.

Artie Lange

MoneyLooksNowShootStarGoing

We've been in business together ever since we were children, so back in the day, there were so many references to 'your dad.' Rather than wanting to sound totally hickified and go, 'Well, my daddy said,' we would refer to him as 'Phil.'

Willie Robertson

BusinessChildrenDayTogetherBack

I work for Fox News as a commentator. I say whatever I want. I'm the blonde on the left, figuratively and literally - the one who's usually smiling because it's T.V., not the Supreme Court or Congress, and I find civility more effective in any event.

Susan Estrich

WorkBlondeSmilingFindCivility

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