Simone Weil Quotes

The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit.

Simone Weil

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

IntelligenceOpinionsUsRoleSubmit

Every creature is a word of God.

Meister Eckhart

GodWordEveryCreature

Our research led on to other things, such as the fact that exchange rates are not lognormally distributed.

John Hull

ResearchThingsFactExchangeOur

Even as we enumerate their shortcomings, the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to us our mothers' incredible strength. We fear both. If they are not strong, who will protect us? If they are not imperfect, how can we equal them?

Anna Quindlen

StrengthFearChildrenStrongWill

If you're an underdog, mentally disabled, physically disabled, if you don't fit in, if you're not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero.

Steve Guttenberg

HeroUnderdogYouOthersPrettyFit

The U.N. has been so disappointing to date on the whole Rwanda issue that despite the people they've sent through, and I have no doubt their competence, in the end, the decision is going to be made by other people and not by them.

Tony Greig

DecisionPeopleEndDoubtGoing

The people in power have created an obesity epidemic.

Robert Atkins

PowerPeopleObesityCreated

I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me.

Mary Tyler Moore

CharacterMeCreatePlayActress

When I was about 19, my stepmother said - because this was back in the '80s - that I had Robert Wagner's pompadour. I said, 'What are you talking about? You mean the guy from 'Hart to Hart?'

Michael Weatherly

TalkingYouBackSaidMeanGuy

I may appear to be full of myself because I always want better.

Mohammed VI of Morocco

MyselfBetterWantAlwaysMayFull

My son is really good at being on trips with me. He understands what's going on. He grew up with me modeling, so it's quite normal for him to be on a shoot and in pictures because he sees me doing it.

Arizona Muse

GoodSonMeDoingModelingPictures

Polanski's 'Chinatown' is a film that I have purposefully and consciously imitated, but 'Vertigo' is one that has got into my bloodstream. Every time I reappraise things that I've done, the influence is there, time and time again.

Allen Coulter

TimeInfluenceDoneThingsGotFilm

With any good story, you need the adversary, the heroes and villains. You need a good mixture to make it work.

Phil Keoghan

WorkGoodStoryYouNeedHeroes

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