Simone de Beauvoir Quotes

Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap.

Simone de Beauvoir

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: January 9, 1908 - April 14, 1986

Topics

RetirementRejectionHolidayMay

My responsibility is to try to tell true stories. To me a true story is always hopeful, but never simply, uncomplicatedly happy.

John Green

ResponsibilityHappyMeStoryTrue

Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) cannot be medicated. It is treatable only through therapy. The problem is therapy is rarely sought by the afflicted. It cannot be cured.

Andy Dunn

PersonalityProblemTherapyThrough

For me, riding a two-wheeler bike was very risky. Counting the pedal strokes before turning a corner and learning to hear the sounds coming from buildings, grass and the climbing frame made all the difference to basic survival and ensured that I didn't end up head-first in the sandpit.

Andrea Bocelli

LearningBikeMeEndSurvivalGrass

I love acting. I just love it. It's in my bones.

Andrew Lincoln

LoveActingBonesJustI Love

Almost nothing is more tedious than complaining about the weather.

Meghan Daum

WeatherNothingComplainingMore

I'm not an icon. Not even in America.

John Mayer

AmericaIconEven

I come from an Irish working-class background but went to a posh school, and any type of pretension was quickly mocked at home. I've always had a keen eye for pretension.

Stephen Mangan

HomeSchoolEyeIrishAlwaysCome

I had not expected 'A Brief History of Time' to be a best seller. It was my first popular book and aroused a great deal of interest. Initially, many people found it difficult to understand. I therefore decided to try to write a new version that would be easier to follow.

Stephen Hawking

HistoryGreatTimeBestPeopleBook

As a son of an airman who was stationed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson and a member of the House Armed Services Committee, it is my honor to nominate young people to our military academies.

Ron Barber

SonPeopleHonorHouseYoungAir

I was born in Texas and I lived there 'till I was 8. Then I moved to the Dominican Republic with my mom, lived there for two years and forgot every word of English I knew.

Michelle Rodriguez

MomTexasBornTwoYearsLived

I lived in Los Angeles for a long time, and in a lot of ways, I felt like I lived in my car.

Dianne Reeves

CarTimeLongLos AngelesLong Time

As you get older, you don't really have any excuse to be stupid anymore, to be in the dark.

Deryck Whibley

StupidYouDarkGetOlderExcuse

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