Shimon Peres Quotes

For 60 years, I was the most controversial figure in the country, and suddenly, I'm the most popular man in the land. Truth be told, I don't know when I was happier: then or now.

Shimon Peres

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: israeli
  • Birth: August 2, 1923 - September 28, 2016

Topics

TruthManCountryKnowNowLand

In all of my work I'm trying to create a dialogue, in which I want to provoke the recipients, stimulate them to use their own imaginations. I don't just say things recipients want to hear, flatter their egos or comfort them by agreeing with them. I have to provoke them, to take them as seriously as I take myself.

Michael Haneke

WorkMyselfTryingComfortCreate

The exhaustion of old age is something people who are younger don't fully appreciate.

Tony Benn

AgeOld AgePeopleAppreciateOld

If Thomas Jefferson had heard us, he probably would have said, 'We shouldn't have free speech.'

Robin Quivers

FreeSpeechSaidFree SpeechUsHe

My accent gets more pronounced when I've been talking to people from Derry.

Roma Downey

PeopleTalkingMoreBeenAccent

Take this marriage thing seriously - it has to last all the way to the divorce.

Roseanne Barr

MarriageDivorceSeriouslyWayTake

It is always important that we have transparency, that we have shareholder protection. Then again, I think it is important that there are not so many regulations that management can't make a decision without asking a lawyer whether he can do it.

Michael Otto

DecisionManagementLawyerThink

My State Senate district was in the northern part of Oklahoma and they were redrawing the districts.

Don Nickles

OklahomaSenateStatePartWere

Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it.

Chet Atkins

PeopleThinkYouNextAgainMeant

I would love to do an indie film, as I've grown to have a more serious side.

Christina Milian

LoveSeriousMoreSideFilmWould

Once we played for the Princess of Monaco in Paris. We were the biggest ducks ever, wearing rented tuxedos. We trashed the party, took a bunch of girls and champagne in limos underneath the Eiffel Tower, and set up an acoustic show. It was like a Hilary Duff movie.

Conrad Sewell

PartyPrincessParisChampagneTower

I suppose it's whether you want to be a famous person, or whether you want to be an actor. You have to decide what your priorities are. Great actor, huge star. Sometimes, the two walk hand in hand. Most of the time, they don't.

Anne-Marie Duff

GreatTimeWalkPrioritiesYouWant

As long as you can find a place to develop as an all-round player, then you're doing great.

Peter Uihlein

GreatDoingLongYouFindPlace

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