Simone Weil Quotes

I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming degraded.

Simone Weil

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: February 3, 1909 - August 24, 1943

Topics

I AmRootsThoughtChristianWithout

You have to have talent to some extent - I certainly hope I have talent - but you have to have luck as well. Once you get that first shot, that will get you noticed for the rest of your books and that will give the rest of your books a better chance.

Robert Jordan

HopeTalentLuckChanceRestBetter

People don't buy horses to ride around any more for transportation. I just think the world changes. As a business, we have to make the proper adjustments.

Troy Carter

BusinessRidePeopleWorldThink

One in 5 Americans is touched by the Red Cross every single year.

Robert Brady

RedYearSingleCrossTouchedEvery

I think since I'm not particularly well-known as myself, it's funny all the different perceptions people have of me. Like, if someone's only seen me in 'Death Proof,' they think I'm sort of a ditzy girl who says stupid things and wears revealing outfits all the time.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

FunnyGirlTimeMyselfDeathPeople

Those three years on 'Loving' were instrumental in helping me move through the next few years of work, where it was hit or miss. I was on series that would get canceled, then I would be a movie that wouldn't come out or do as well as I hoped. You learn that you have to just keep plugging away and never take anything for granted.

Michael Weatherly

WorkMeLearnYouLovingThree

You can be in show business and have a happy, productive life. But you have to be a developed human being before you can do that.

Michelle Phillips

LifeBusinessHappyYouHumanBeing

If I wasn't true to myself, I couldn't live with myself.

Judy Gold

LiveMyselfTrue

What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the ugliness.

Joseph Brodsky

BeautyKingSizeEverythingLike

I am very, very conscious of time. I always wear two watches. People ask me, 'Why do you do that?' Because I was late once,and it cost me a huge opportunity.

Chris Gardner

OpportunityTimeI AmPeopleMeYou

Blind and unwavering undisciplined at all times constitutes the real strength of all free men.

Alfred Jarry

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There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice.

Thomas Paine

GodJusticeBibleHumanityMoral

'Freeing' a literary work into the public domain is less a public benefit than a transfer of wealth from the families of American writers to the executives and stockholders of various businesses who will continue to profit from, for example, 'The Garden Party,' while the descendants of Katherine Mansfield will not.

Mark Helprin

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