Michel de Montaigne Quotes

Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.

Michel de Montaigne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: February 28, 1533 - September 13, 1592

Topics

KnowNothingLeastBelievedFirmly

A politician finds anything to do with racial problems far more frightening than a gun.

Jimmy Breslin

ProblemsGunMoreRacialAnything

I want to be remembered as a poet, a peacemaker, and a philosopher who played.

Mattie Stepanek

WantRememberedPoetWhoPeacemaker

I think I write about things that are mysterious to me.

Ann Beattie

MeThinkMysteriousWriteThings

I am inspired by both Japanese Samurai films, in particular the films of Kurosawa, and how they share the spirit of American Westerns, with the influences running in both directions, and including the 'Spaghetti Westerns' and films of Sam Peckinpah.

Ann Nocenti

I AmAmericanSpiritInspiredShare

Nothing beats novel writing because it's complete expression of you. You just control everything. Not even a movie director has that level of control.

Tom Perrotta

WritingControlYouNothingDirector

The most important thing you can do as an actor is bring as much of yourself to the character to ground the character in some sort of reality, and then you build around it and on top of it.

Michael Kelly

CharacterYourselfRealityYouBuild

I never bet against anyone. If people do something that has a true purpose, and they do it with boldness, I root for them.

Mindy Grossman

PurposePeopleTrueNeverBoldness

I feel like my peers now are artists like Madonna and the Stones, Michael Jackson and Prince. These are people who were able to take their careers beyond the normal here-today-gone-tomorrow life span.

LL Cool J

LifePeopleFeelNowBeyondNormal

I'd rather starve than not have what I really want to eat. I'm good at preparation.

Johnny Mathis

GoodPreparationWantEatRather

You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!

Donna Mills

MeThoughtYouKnowShowRole

Although simulators are great for building step-by-step knowledge of a procedure, the worst thing that can happen in a sim is that you get a bad grade on your performance.

Chris Hadfield

KnowledgeGreatPerformanceBuilding

I am probably a pseudo-intellectual.

Craig Ferguson

I AmAm

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