Jean Cocteau Quotes

One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.

Jean Cocteau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: July 5, 1889 - October 11, 1963

Topics

ManArtistLivingMust

I like stuff designed by dead people. The old designers. They always got it right because they didn't have to grow up with computers. All of the people that made the spoon and the dishes and the vacuum cleaner didn't have microprocessors and stuff. You could do a good design back then.

John Maeda

GoodPeopleComputersGrowDesign

We do not judge the people we love.

Jean-Paul Sartre

LovePeopleBrainyJudge

Many young and beginning farmers start out in local markets. Some stay there, and some scale up.

Tom Vilsack

BeginningStartYoungFarmersOut

For humans and animals alike, truly vigorous, wholehearted, spontaneous play is something of a biological frill.

Robin Marantz Henig

PlayAnimalsSpontaneousSomething

I was in a karaoke video in 1991, for a song called 'Sukiyaki,' which is a very famous Japanese song, and I've actually heard from people that they've been in bars in Asia where they've seen me come up in the 'Sukiyaki' video that they play behind you. I'm in that. I'm in a karaoke video.

Michael Weatherly

PeopleMeSongFamousYouPlay

'The Notebook' gets me every time. It's a great love story. Boy from the wrong side of the tracks. They get on each other's nerves, but they can't live without each other. It almost makes me shed a tear.

Michael Strahan

LoveLiveGreatTimeMeStory

As a Muslim woman, I'm all too familiar with the media shorthand for 'Muslim' and 'woman' equaling Covered in Black Muslim Woman. She's seen, never heard. Visible only in her invisibility under that black burka, niqab, chador, etc.

Mona Eltahawy

WomanBlackMediaNeverSheSeen

I tell you very honestly, 1 billion percent, I have never regretted leaving Metallica.

Jason Newsted

YouLeavingNeverTellPercentVery

You can only maintain your interest if you're travelling more in ignorance than knowledge.

Chris Morris

KnowledgeIgnoranceYouMoreYour

My grandfather played a mandolin, so I got my hands on that. Then on down to a banjo, and I found I couldn't play any kind of soft or mournful music with that so I took up the fiddle in my late 20s or early 30s - and that was far too late. But it keeps me off the streets. It has been a love of mine since I was 17 maybe.

Brendan Gleeson

LoveMusicMeHandsEarlyPlay

I loved Katrina and the Waves.

Bonnie Tyler

WavesLovedKatrina

When I did win the Tour, I felt I was feted more in the U.K. for being an Olympic gold medallist... Then I come back to Europe to race, and they're not interested in the Olympic gold; it's about being the winner of the Tour de France - here he is.

Bradley Wiggins

GoldWinWinnerBackRaceMore

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