Simone Weil Quotes

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it.

Simone Weil

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I went to the Rudolf Steiner School in New York, and you're not allowed to watch TV.

Jennifer Aniston

SchoolNew YorkYouNewWatchTV

It's one of those things; you just get a very nice stroke from being included in the next thing.

Andreas Katsulas

YouNiceNextThingsGetJust

People that are 40, they don't sit around at talk about gray hair and how it covers their hair. They talk about highlighting, of course they're covering gray, but they don't talk about it that way. They're going to get their colors because they need a little lightening.

Andie MacDowell

PeopleColorsHairWayTalkGray

I don't think atheism means one does not believe in a spiritual life. I think it means one does not follow the tenets of the established religions.

Amanda Donohoe

LifeSpiritualBelieveThinkFollow

All June I bound the rose in sheaves, Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves.

Robert Browning

RoseNowJuneLeavesStripBound

Business and the state have a common interest; not an adversarial interest.

Roy Barnes

BusinessInterestCommonState

The light dims a little bit as you get older and new generations come along. But it's around the holidays when I am remembered the most. It is very special, and I get a kick out of it now as much as I did when I first started.

Johnny Mathis

LightI AmHolidaysYouNewNow

I think I just have to be myself. No one can write the songs I do, and no one can sing the way I do - I believe that's important for every artist to remember.

Astrid S

MyselfBelieveThinkRememberArtist

When I see someone I think is cool, he's a pretty well-adjusted individual. He's not too affected one way or the other by what's happening, no matter what's going through his mind.

Willie Nelson

MindCoolThinkSomeoneWayMatter

There've been times where I wondered whether it was worth continuing in my own education.

Peter Orszag

EducationWorthMy OwnOwnWhere

He is the king. If it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble', I would have never picked up a guitar.

Pete Townshend

KingGuitarNeverUpBeenWould

When a club has €200m left on its transfer budget in the final days of the transfer period, why shouldn't they make a higher bid when their initial €70m bid has been rejected?

Thomas Muller

BudgetWhyClubDaysFinalLeft

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