Michel Houellebecq Quotes

I find it an absolute pleasure to read travel guides, especially the Michelin guides, and their description of places I know I'll probably never visit. I spend a large part of my life reading descriptions of restaurants.

Michel Houellebecq

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: February 26, 1956

Topics

LifeTravelReadingMy LifeFind

I'm not interested in meeting people's expectations, and I'm not interested in pleasing people.

John Frusciante

PeopleExpectationsMeetingPleasing

When I was a kid, my mother used to drive my father to work in Indianapolis, and I would see, practically every day of my young life, a huge Phillips 66 sign. So it is the red and green of that sign against the blue Hoosier sky. The blue in the 'Love' is cerulean. Therefore, my 'Love' is an homage to my father.

Robert Indiana

LifeWorkLoveFatherMotherSky

I try to work out at the least 3 days a week, and I aim for 4 to 5 days a week. I try to eat healthy, but I'm not going to say I'm best the best at that. I won't allow myself to buy junk food, but if it's somewhere and it's free, I'll eat it.

Amber Stevens

WorkMyselfFoodBestFreeWeek

Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.

Amelia Earhart

WillOthersNeverThingsCannot

I need to fill myself up with real life. That's kind of the well I draw from.

Sissy Spacek

LifeMyselfKindNeedRealUp

Diets are rubbish. I eat healthily, and often have a day when I stuff myself.

Trinny Woodall

MyselfDayEatStuffRubbishOften

My idea of heaven is a pennant winner.

Tom Yawkey

WinnerHeavenIdeaPennant

My greatest asset now is my focus.

Josh McDowell

FocusNowGreatest AssetGreatest

Before you decide to have an argument, think about what you really want to accomplish. Do you just want to let your feelings out, or is there a point you are trying to make? What is it?

David Viscott

ThinkTryingYouAccomplishFeelings

In 2011, when my father passed away - I had my daughter first; I had her on January 24, and I had a seizure during the delivery. I lived through that, and five weeks later, my father died suddenly of a heart attack, and I lived through that. And then my daughter had surgery, and I lived through that.

Courtney A. Kemp

FatherDaughterHeartJanuaryFirst

I think one of the most important American films is 'Jackie Brown,' which is such a humble depiction of humble characters but so powerful. The film was pure depiction of the American poverty of the '90s.

Arnaud Desplechin

HumbleThinkAmericanPowerfulPure

I think that when you first read material or you first read a script or story and know you might be playing a part, it's important not to see yourself because it should be a challenge enough that it doesn't come easy.

Ansel Elgort

ChallengeYourselfStoryThinkYou

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