Simone Weil Quotes

I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances.

Simone Weil

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PlayCircumstancesMoreHumanWould

Skaters, I think they tend to be outsiders who seek a sense of belonging, but belonging on their own terms, and real respect is given by how much we take what other guys do, these basic tricks, 360 flips, we take that, we make it our own, and then we contribute back to the community the inner way that edifies the community itself.

Rodney Mullen

CommunityRespectThinkBelonging

Everybody is going to have an opinion on you; not everyone is going to like you. You can't live your life based on other people's opinions of you or let that change what you do or how you feel about yourself, because then you're not living.

Rumer Willis

LifeChangeLiveYourselfPeople

Central to America's rise to global leadership is our Judeo-Christian tradition with the vision of the goodness and possibilities of every human life.

Mitt Romney

LifeLeadershipVisionAmericaRise

My grandfather was a persuasive man who made friends with people at every level of influence. In order to fight against our tribe's termination, he went to newspapers and politicians and urged them to advocate for our tribe in Washington. He also supported his family through the Depression as a truck farmer.

Louise Erdrich

FamilyDepressionManFightPeople

My instincts are not comedic.

Josh Lucas

InstinctsComedic

On my wall, along with my favorite football players and baseball players, I had Marlon Brando and Sir Laurence Olivier. These were childhood idols.

Dennis Haysbert

FootballChildhoodBaseballWallSir

The dominant theory coming out of Hollywood is that peoples' attention spans are getting shorter and shorter and they need more stimulation.

Brian Eno

AttentionHollywoodMoreNeedOut

Negro music and culture are intrinsically improvisational, existential. Nothing is sacred. After a decade, a musical idea, no matter how innovative, is threatened.

Archie Shepp

MusicCultureNothingMatterDecade

People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil. I don't know why. No, I do indeed know why. Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.

Anne Rice

GodPeopleEvilBelieveDevilKnow

There is a continuous stream of opinions on governance issues expressed daily, not only in our Parliament and in the print media, but also on talk-radio and social media.

Anthony Carmona

DailySocial MediaMediaOpinions

There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them.

Sylvia Plath

BathKnowHotThingsMustCure

I do not want my man to be exhausted for our wedding day, especially our wedding night.

Nikki Bella

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