Joseph Conrad Quotes

Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions.

Joseph Conrad

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: polish
  • Birth: December 3, 1857 - August 3, 1924

Topics

FriendActionThoughtEnemy

It's never bad to be liked, and who doesn't feel good being liked, but that can't be your end game goal.

Jessica Capshaw

GoodFeel GoodGameEndFeelGoal

After being married, hearing 'You're hot!' from a total stranger means a hundred times more than hearing it from your husband.

Andrea Savage

HusbandYouMoreHotHearingBeing

If you change the rules of the market, you can be more successful than your competitors.

Max McKeown

ChangeYouRulesMoreSuccessful

I taught at Princeton for 39 years, and the school of architecture on the campus is the worst building on the campus.

Michael Graves

ArchitectureSchoolBuildingWorst

Nobody in the world knew about Megan Fox until I found her and put her in 'Transformers.' I like to think that I've had some luck in building actors' careers with my films.

Michael Bay

LuckWorldBuildingThinkNobody

So when you put the kick in and the other runners go past you, it's game over!

Michael East

PastGameYouGoOverKick

The Chinese government is quickly losing its ideological legitimacy, maintain its rule with force, but cannot draw strength from the ideology of Marx and Mao.

Steve Forbes

StrengthGovernmentLosingForce

Face dance means you don't know what the hell the rest of your body was doing but your face is fierce. That's face dancing.

Rosie Perez

DanceRestFaceHellFierceDoing

I always wanted to create this community that would come and tell their own story, shoot it - and watch them. The idea is to not have one entity who creates the work, the project, and another entity who consumes it; the idea is people create their own work, like somebody cultivating his garden.

Michel Gondry

WorkCommunityPeopleStoryCreate

My biggest goal for the future is motherhood.

Misty May-Treanor

FutureMotherhoodGoalBiggest

My impression, having been in the Norwegian government for several years, is that taking a child into care is an extremely serious decision which is really taken as a last resort, when the situation warrants it, for the well-being of the children.

Jonas Gahr Store

ChildrenDecisionGovernmentChild

In primary school in south-eastern Nigeria, I was taught that Hosni Mubarak was the president of Egypt. I learned the same thing in secondary school. In university, Mubarak was still president of Egypt. I came to assume, subconsciously, that he - and others like Paul Biya in Cameroon and Muammar Gaddafi in Libya - would never leave.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

SchoolEgyptPresidentOthersNever

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