Luc de Clapiers Quotes

It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.

Luc de Clapiers

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ManWishDifficultWouldHeEsteem

I didn't aspire to be just a celebrity; I aspired to be an actress... I always wanted to be respected as someone who knew their craft.

Viola Davis

SomeoneCelebrityCraftAlwaysJust

We possess only the happiness we are able to understand.

Maurice Maeterlinck

HappinessUnderstandOnlyAble

I am neither such a great songwriter or such a great singer that the world must hear my album. There's just no point to make.

Anna Kendrick

GreatI AmWorldSingerPointJust

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.

Ambrose Bierce

ChangeManBetterFeelHimAlways

Mexico needs schools, rural development, and an independent judiciary, not high-tech weaponry.

Stephen Kinzer

IndependentDevelopmentMexicoRural

Socks must be at least an 18-percent synthetic blend to insure they don't droop, because droopy socks that show calf are worse than short socks that do the same.

Roger Stone

ShortSocksSameShowMustBlend

It's impossible to play a run with as much feeling as a single note. I've never been so much into runs as making single notes cry.

Robin Trower

ImpossibleFeelingPlayCryRun

It occurred to me the thing that broke my heart the most was when I grew up and realized everything wasn't an adventure. I got to a certain age and realized I couldn't be Indiana Jones.

Jason Isbell

AgeHeartAdventureMeEverything

Both my parents have been big influences on me wanting to do music. My mum's always been, 'Just do it. Just sing.'

Jorja Smith

MusicParentsMeAlwaysBigSing

After September 11, 2001, I was feeling like I really wanted more understanding between cultures. It seemed to me that so much of what happened on September 11 was because people didn't understand each other and were suspicious of each other.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

PeopleMeUnderstandingFeelingMore

Every hour of useful work is precious.

William Lyon Mackenzie King

WorkPreciousUsefulHourEvery

There are so many great, great vintage clothes to find; there's a whole territory unexplored there.

Lily Cole

GreatVintageClothesFindWhole

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