Antoine Rivarol Quotes

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.

Antoine Rivarol

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: June 26, 1753 - April 11, 1801

Topics

TalentPeopleWorldSocietyWitty

When I sit down and sign up for something, I vet where the people are coming from.

Jimmy Smits

PeopleDownComingUpSitSomething

I was a Swedish guy who listened to Too Short.

Joel Kinnaman

ShortGuyWhoTooListenedSwedish

Being a parent is amazing.

Angela Kinsey

AmazingParentBeing

Carrying a baby is such hard work, I've found that the stronger I am, the better I feel.

Mary Helen Bowers

WorkHard WorkI AmBabyBetter

Campaigning against religion can be socially counter-productive. If teachers take the uncompromising line that God and Darwinism are irreconcilable, many young people raised in a faith-based culture will stick with their religion and be lost to science.

Martin Rees

GodScienceCultureReligionPeople

I'm a great cook. People have asked me to do a cookbook.

Dianne Reeves

GreatPeopleMeCookbookCookAsked

When you break out the acoustic guitar, the words are the focal point unless you're the Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar. So the words have to have meaning.

Chris Cornell

WordsGuitarMeaningYouOutBreak

Most women are pragmatists who have allowed extremists on the left and right to manipulate the family issue for their own purposes.

Christopher Lasch

FamilyWomenRightOwnLeftMost

Growing up in the 1950s, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, boys were supposed to be athletic.

Chris Van Allsburg

Growing UpGrowingUp1950sMichigan

In America, educators punish those who actually think for themselves. There is only acceptance for popular opinion.

Bryant H. McGill

AcceptanceOpinionThinkAmericaWho

I kinda live where I find myself.

Bob Dylan

LiveMyselfFindWhereKinda

The sexes in each species of being... are always true equivalents - equals but not identical.

Antoinette Brown Blackwell

TrueAlwaysBeingSpeciesEquals

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