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Jean Racine Quotes

Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: dramatist
Nationality: french
Birth: December 22, 1639 - April 21, 1699

Topics

Time Man Admit Circumstances Cannot

You know, she was a girl. She was a female. And she wasn't like, trying to compete in a man's world and she wasn't trying to be in a man's position, she was just who she was. And I think that was like, a good thing.

Good Girl Man World Think You

I don't want to be on the radio. I don't want to be on Mtv.

John Frusciante

When I eat cilantro, it's like someone sprayed perfume down my throat. It closes up my throat, even if there's only a little piece. I like Mexican food, and I'll go out to a Mexican restaurant and tell them, 'Look, I will die if you get cilantro in my food.' Then there's always that one little piece that falls in, and I gag.

Food Restaurant Someone Die Look Go

I don't believe moviegoers don't have patience. Screenwriters are told a scene can't be longer than three minutes, that you have to cut to the chase. Not true!

Patience Believe You Three True Cut

Working on 'Dexter' is like shooting one big movie every year.

Year Shooting Big Working Like

The innocence of childhood is like the innocence of a lot of animals.

Childhood Innocence Animals Like Lot

I wouldn't call myself a synaesthete in the sense that Nabokov was. But I'll talk about a sound as being cold blue or dark brown. For descriptive purposes, yes, I often see colors when I'm listening to music and think, 'Oh, there's not enough sort of yellowy stuff in here, or not enough white.'

Music Myself Blue Colors Listening

I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting.

Food Fight Smart People Think Know

I had always wanted to see the world, and the PGA Tour was always going to be there.

World Always See Going Tour Wanted

That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing.

Freedom Possibilities Feeling Lost

Well, you know, a lot of people look at the negative things, the things that they did wrong and - which I do. But I like to stress on the things I did right, because there are certain things that I like to look at from a positive standpoint that are just positive reinforcement.

Positive Stress People Negative Look

I think one of the problems when we discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict is people talk too much in terms of, 'What's your preference?,' like politics is a Chinese menu - I'll take one from column A and two from column B. That's not what politics is about.

Norman Finkelstein

Politics People Conflict Think Talk

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