Simone Weil Quotes

Culture is an instrument wielded by teachers to manufacture teachers, who, in their turn, will manufacture still more teachers.

Simone Weil

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CultureTeachersWillMoreTurnWho

If your startup is only in the development or idea stage, there is almost no better predictor of failure - I mean, utter failure, scorched-earth bankruptcy - than raising too much money in the first round.

Steve Jurvetson

FailureMoneyBetterToo MuchMean

Under Stalin, artists weren't dissidents; all they hoped was to survive and write.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

SurviveWriteArtistsWereStalin

I believe in not over thinking things too much. When the right thing comes along, you really don't have a choice.

Jason Schwartzman

BelieveThinkingYouChoiceToo Much

I think every little girl is fascinated with mermaids.

JoJo

GirlThinkLittleI ThinkEvery

Digital media are biased toward replication and storage. Our digital photos practically upload and post themselves on Facebook, and our most deleted e-mails tend to resurface when we least expect it. Yes, everything you do in the digital realm may as well be broadcast on prime-time television and chiseled on the side of the Parthenon.

Douglas Rushkoff

MediaYouTelevisionDigitalStorage

Generally I'm against regulation.

Dorothy Denning

AgainstRegulationGenerally

I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.

Woody Allen

PeaceWarRussiaTwentyMinutes

Social media is not the place to work out your problems with people.

Lewis Howes

WorkSocial MediaPeopleProblems

My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility.

Holly Near

WorkResponsibilityCreativityGuilt

If I had to choose criteria, for me, it's about first the director. I want to be a part of something that's good and intellectually challenging. After the director it's the character and the story. That's the deal for me.

Giovanni Ribisi

GoodCharacterMeStoryChooseWant

I achieved something specially different with Love To Love You Baby and I Feel Love. These songs will endure.

Giorgio Moroder

LoveBabyFeelYouWillEndure

I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that.

George McGovern

WarVietnam WarNo RegretsOutGuy

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