Michel de Montaigne Quotes

The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.

Michel de Montaigne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ShadowWorldVanityPlayNothing

The standup thing has been really fun, really seeing the United States instead of reading about it.

Jennifer Coolidge

FunReadingSeeingUnitedBeen

Free enterprise capitalism has been the most powerful creative system of social cooperation and human progress ever conceived, but its perception and its role in society have been distorted.

John Mackey

ProgressCreativePerceptionSociety

My grandparents were all born in the U.S., but their parents came from Ireland.

Michael Connelly

ParentsBornGrandparentsIreland

My way towards God has been to write music.

John Tavener

MusicGodWayWriteBeenTowards

Come over here and sit on my knee and finish your orange juice.

Sonny Liston

OrangeJuiceOverFinishSitHere

I quit school in the sixth grade because of pneumonia. Not because I had it, but because I couldn't spell it.

Rocky Graziano

SchoolQuitBecauseSpellI Quit

I'm a unique person, as everyone is, but none of us has more of a right to existence or a right to specialness or uniqueness than anyone else.

Jordan Gavaris

UniquePersonUniquenessMoreRight

I loved my computer; it's a tool. A tool increases your mechanical advantages. It allows you to use your strengths and talents to greater advantage, and that's what tools do, and that's what my computer does for me. It's not my toy, it's my tool.

Jok Church

MeLovedToolsYouTalentsTool

As far as the music goes, I like melody.

Dickey Betts

MusicMelodyFarLikeGoes

I am primarily, absolutely a Caribbean writer.

Derek Walcott

I AmCaribbeanAbsolutelyWriterAm

Nobody can pull you down more than you.

Diamond Dallas Page

YouDownNobodyMorePullThan

Just as infinite access to free music ultimately leads to no one making a living at music anymore, free journalism just doesn't pay for itself - particularly not when a search engine is serving all the ads.

Douglas Rushkoff

MusicFreeSearchJournalismLiving

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