Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.
Jean de la Bruyere
Recitation: by Male by Female
To some extent, people who are insane are nonconformists, and society and their family wish they would live what appear to be useful lives.
John Forbes Nash, Jr.
FamilyLivePeopleSocietyWishWho
By the time I was three years old, I'd lived at 10 different addresses in six different countries.
John Lanchester
TimeThreeOldYearsLivedSix
Starting off, all options are always open, but as soon as you choose something, you inevitably limit yourself. If you go for B, A is out.
Alva Noto
YourselfYouChooseGoOpenLimit
I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!
Shirley Temple
AchievementStartAdviceAwardYou
We don't ever want IT to be the thing that holds GM back.
Tony Scott
BackWantEverThingGMHolds
Evolution has programmed our brains to find two things particularly interesting, and therefore memorable: jokes and sex - and especially, it seems, jokes about sex.
Joshua Foer
InterestingSexFindEvolutionJokes
While the old spiritual 'Slavery Chain Done Broke at Last' was sung by blacks in the hours following the Appomattox surrender, racism sadly continues to be a crippling national scourge.
Douglas Brinkley
RacismSpiritualSlaverySurrender
When I was a kid, I was one of those really obnoxious 'oooh oooh' girls, with my hand up in the air constantly. I've learned over the years that that's not so attractive, so I've censored that.
Claire Danes
HandKidOverAirYearsUp
NASA is a big organization with a lot of needs that have to be met. So there are a lot of opportunities.
Bruce Pittman
OrganizationOpportunitiesNASABig
Playing live if the thing I love doing best.
Bob Geldof
LoveLiveBestDoingPlayingThing
Musicals are written and then rewritten. Those things used to happen on the road. Now they are done in New York during preview performances.
Peter Stone
New YorkRoadNewDoneNowHappen
I myself do not believe in explaining anything.
Shel Silverstein
MyselfBelieveAnythingExplaining
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Jean de la Bruyere