Denis Diderot Quotes

The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.

Denis Diderot

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: editor
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: October 5, 1713 - July 31, 1784

Topics

FreedomActionGeniusPlaceInsight

When you want something so bad and when something great happens, I think it's instinct that you say, 'This is gonna be the moment that's gonna change everything. Everybody is gonna see me a different way.'

Joan Smalls

ChangeGreatMomentMeThinkYou

There is something about hearing your president affirm your humanity that you don't know what effect it has until you hear it.

Andrew Sullivan

HumanityYouKnowPresidentHearing

The whole 'Electronica' project is about the ambiguous relationship we have with technology: on the one side, we have the world in our pocket; on the other, we are spied on constantly.

Jean-Michel Jarre

TechnologyRelationshipWorldProject

Travelling's so much better when you know you've got a lovely home to go back to.

Toni Collette

HomeBetterYouBackGoKnow

I want people to remember me when I retire as a fighter who would fight anyone - that Tony Bellew was scared of no one. I'm happy with that. Anything more is a bonus.

Tony Bellew

FightHappyPeopleMeRememberWant

Every proper exertion has been made and will be continued to carry out the wishes of Congress in relation to the tobacco trade, as indicated in the several resolutions of the House of Representatives and the legislation of the two branches.

Martin Van Buren

HouseWishesResolutionsWillOut

Our soldiers deserve better. They need a plan for success. They need an administration that is honest about the costs of war, human and otherwise, and they need full accountability and oversight on Capitol Hill.

Dick Durbin

SuccessWarAccountabilityBetter

I think the most overused words in our vocabulary in the South are black and white.

Artur Davis

Black And WhiteWordsBlackThink

Liverpool is a great club, and we have to put Liverpool back in the Champions League.

Philippe Coutinho

GreatBackChampionsClubLiverpool

The council now beginning rises in the Church like the daybreak, a forerunner of most splendid light.

Pope John XXIII

LightBeginningChurchNowLike

You close the door on me and tell me I can't, I'm gonna find a way to get in.

Tyler Perry

MeDoorYouFindWayTell

I was at a party, and some squiggly looking dude with a bow tie came up and said, 'How'd you like to be on TV?' Turns out he was the programming guy at the Food Network. They had me come into the office, and I did a 'Ready, Set, Cook' with Emeril Lagasse, I believe.

Mario Batali

FoodMeLookingBelieveYouParty

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