Claude Adrien Helvetius Quotes

Genius is nothing but continued attention.

Claude Adrien Helvetius

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: January 26, 1715 - December 26, 1771

Topics

GeniusAttentionNothing

All I ever aim to do is make beautiful evening wear.

Jenny Packham

BeautifulEveningAimWearMake

I come to Jerusalem. There, the sky is blue and memory becomes clear.

Menachem Begin

SkyBlueMemoryJerusalemClear

A short story is one idea; a novel is a whole soup of them.

Robert J. Sawyer

SoupStoryShortWholeIdeaNovel

In science, as in business, there must be structures that ensure the well endowed do not use their position to block competition.

John Sulston

BusinessScienceCompetitionPosition

And I'm the kind of manager that doesn't believe that you micro-manage professionals. They should understand their responsibility and carry out those responsibility.

Alphonso Jackson

ResponsibilityBelieveYouUnderstand

I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.

Steven Wright

TimeCoffeeBackAlmostInstantPut

Did we not all grow up saying we had to have four glasses of whole milk a day for healthy bones? It's ridiculous. It's liquid cholesterol.

Steve Wynn

DayGlassesSayingGrowHealthyUp

The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.

Robert Frost

FatherMotherSonRepublicanAlways

I mean, price is price. It's just where you want to spend your money.

Rob Walton

MoneyYouPriceWantMeanWhere

You're really lucky as an artist if you get a role that changes you as a person.

Matt Bomer

YouArtistPersonLuckyChangesGet

There's a certain weird something. I'm always nervous when I spar. You learn it's going to hurt, but it's only going to hurt for a little bit. It brings out the animal in you to an extent. You learn what you can take.

Michael Pena

AnimalHurtWeirdLearnYouNervous

I was never encouraged to believe anything. I was brought up in a profoundly agnostic or pantheistic community.

Moby

CommunityBelieveNeverUpAnything

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