Luc de Clapiers Quotes

The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources.

Luc de Clapiers

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: August 6, 1715 - May 28, 1747

Topics

LiveAchievementOpportunitiesSpirit

A trip to the mainland was a big event and happened maybe once a year, although now you can get across in a speed boat in seven minutes but then it was a long way away.

Jeremy Irons

BoatSpeedYearLongYouWay

If we can make the correct diagnosis, the healing can begin. If we can't, both our personal health and our economy are doomed.

Andrew Weil

HealthHealingPersonalEconomyOur

I think infidelity is difficult, monogamy is difficult, and marriage is difficult.

Maura Tierney

MarriageThinkDifficultInfidelity

My father smoked cigars his whole life, and my husband once in a while does. And when he does, it reminds me of my father. It's a heartwarming thing.

Angela Ahrendts

LifeFatherMeHusbandWholeHe

I want to improve TSA's counterterrorism focus through intelligence and cutting edge technology, support the TSA workforce, and strengthen the agency's relationships with stakeholders and the traveling public. All of these priorities are interconnected and are vital to TSA's mission - and I would say, all of our collective mission.

John Pistole

TechnologyFocusIntelligenceSupport

I was not someone who participated in other people's castles.

Stephan Jenkins

PeopleSomeoneCastlesWhoOther

Modern technology has taken the angst out of achieving the perfect shot. For me, the only thing that counts is the idea behind the image: what you want to see and what you're trying to say. The idea is crucial. You have to think of something you want to say and expand upon it.

Martin Parr

TechnologyMeThinkYouPerfectSay

I'm not against asking the audience to work, but I think what you have now is a sort of gratuitous deconstruction as a result of a fashion of literary deconstructionism indicating that there are no meanings.

Jonathan Miller

WorkFashionThinkResultYouNow

I was nice to the people in the Philippines for the two and a half years I was there, because I knew eventually I'd have to kiss up to them so my grandchildren could have toys.

Don Rickles

KissPeopleGrandchildrenNiceToys

Maybe at this stage in my career, it's from that younger generation that I have most to learn.

Diana Rigg

GenerationLearnCareerStageMost

Borrowing to pay for college used to be the exception; now it's the rule.

Arne Duncan

CollegeNowPayUsedRuleBorrowing

I'm always looking for a way to give myself something new as a person.

Ashley Wagner

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