Michel de Montaigne Quotes

If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.

Michel de Montaigne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ManMeLovedFindWhyReason

I've always believed fitness is an entry point to help you build that happier, healthier life. When your health is strong, you're capable of taking risks. You'll feel more confident to ask for the promotion. You'll have more energy to be a better mom. You'll feel more deserving of love.

Jillian Michaels

LifeLoveHealthFitnessRisksMom

Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It's self-defense. It's patriotism.

Joe Biden

GoodPatriotismFightingCorruption

As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.

Mel Brooks

MistakesWorldLongSpinningDizzy

I could never learn to be totally fluent in any other language.

Max von Sydow

LanguageLearnNeverOtherCould

When I was eight and a half, my parents moved to a part of Queens where there was a club nearby. We joined, and if you believe in someone up above, I think I was meant to play tennis.

John McEnroe

ParentsBelieveThinkSomeoneYou

I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of my life.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

LifeRestThoughtMy LifeGoingBum

No, Islam did not free African-Americans from slavery, not in Africa and not in Europe or America. Evangelical Christianity did that.

Tom Tancredo

SlaveryFreeAmericaIslamAfrica

Rather than do his job and agree to take responsible measures to get our government's finances in order, President Obama continues playing on the emotions and fears of the American people.

Tom Graves

JobGovernmentPeopleAmericanAgree

The day that I was elected to the United States Senate remains among the most cherished of my life.

Robert Torricelli

LifeDayMy LifeUnitedSenateMost

Every crazy fad from the 1800s comes back or they never go away. It's like fashion, like everything's already been invented, and somebody stumbles onto it and people will always, always be looking for an answer for some vague illness they can't get a diagnosis for.

Mary Roach

PeopleCrazyFashionLookingBack

Children are not simply commodities to be herded into line and trained for the jobs that white people who live in segregated neighborhoods have available.

Jonathan Kozol

LiveChildrenPeopleWhiteLineWho

If the day gets really bad, I can always pull out fan mail. Who else gets mail where kids write to you and say, 'Dear Mr. Scieszka, we were supposed to write to our favorite author, but Roald Dahl is dead. So I'm writing to you.'

Jon Scieszka

DayWritingYouBadI CanSay

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