Claude Debussy Quotes

Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part.

Claude Debussy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: August 22, 1862 - March 25, 1918

Topics

BeautyEffortImpressWithoutUs

A lot of young people don't think they can make a difference. That's really what I am at Dartmouth to do. I'm there to tell the young people, 'Look, a few committed souls can change the world.'

Jim Yong Kim

ChangeChange The WorldI AmPeople

The doctors say it dates back to a film where I had these huge prosthetic breasts because my character was breast-feeding. The weight of them, and of the baby, did my back in.

Anna Friel

CharacterBabyBackSayWhereFilm

I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.

Stephen Ambrose

EducationWorldNothingStudyingWho

I've never met an American who wanted to build an empire.

Tom Wolfe

AmericanBuildNeverEmpireWhoMet

Bin Laden does reprehensible activities, and we should surely take care of that by killing him as soon as we can. But he's not an irrational man. He's a very worthy enemy. He's an enemy to worry about.

Michael Scheuer

ManCareTake CareWorryEnemyHim

If I'd married someone in show business, there'd be too much competition.

Dolly Parton

BusinessCompetitionSomeoneToo Much

So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality, nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit.

Christopher McCandless

LifeChangeLivePeacePeopleMind

I am a dichotomy of tastes. I'm big on water, and I do a protein drink in the morning, but then I eat off the kids' menu after that. So, there's only like six foods I like. I like quesadillas. I like hamburgers. I like sushi. I like pizza, PB&J, or breakfast any time of the day.

Brad D. Smith

MorningTimeWaterDayBreakfast

I want to secure my name. I'll fight who I have to fight for the belt.

Brian Ortega

FightNameWantBeltWhoSecure

My father was jailed off and on for seven years.

Asma Jahangir

FatherYearsOffSevenJailed

'Rocky' and 'Rocky III' were the best.

Mr. T

BestRockyWereIII

The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.

Martin Heidegger

TimeThinkingStillMostOurThing

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