Alfred de Vigny Quotes

From this, without doubt, sprang the fable. Man created it thus, because it was not given him to see more than himself and nature, which surrounds him; but he created it true with a truth all its own.

Alfred de Vigny

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: March 27, 1797 - September 17, 1863

Topics

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Anarchists are socialists because they want the improvement of society, and they are communists because they are convinced that such a transformation of society can only result from the establishment of a commonwealth of property.

Johann Most

ImprovementSocietyTransformation

I don't care about money. I really don't care. I just want to do what I do.

John Galliano

MoneyCareWantJustAboutReally

Many business leaders still believe that time on-task equates to productivity. Even in the industrial era of rote factory work, this was untrue. It is a misguided fallacy, and an expensive one, too. Every key facet required for business success will fail when sleep becomes short within an organisation.

Matthew Walker

WorkSuccessBusinessTimeSleep

We put people of concern on the watch list or the no-fly list, so we have a number of layers of security beyond the airport checkpoint. We gather as much information about a passenger as the law allows without profiling.

John Pistole

PeopleLawInformationSecurity

I think when someone is injured in your family, you want to speak to the individual and you want to hear their voice and you want to make sure they are OK.

Roger Goodell

FamilyVoiceSpeakThinkSomeone

I did 'The Frank Skinner Show,' and they gave me a little jukebox-shaped CD player, which looks nice in the kitchen.

Robert Webb

MeKitchenLooksNiceLittleShow

When you play a semi-final, it is impossible to be tired. You know how much is at stake.

Luka Modric

TiredImpossibleYouPlayKnowMuch

When I create characters, I create a world to inhabit and they begin to feel very real for me. I don't belong in a psych ward, I don't think, but they become very real, like my own family, and then I have to say goodbye, close the door, and work on other things.

Lois Lowry

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American failures in Vietnam and Iraq suggest that it's not really possible to create and sustain a proxy government in a country far from our own borders.

Jay Parini

GovernmentAmericanCreatePossible

One day in God's grace is equivalent to a thousand days of striving by your own efforts.

Joseph Prince

GodDayGraceStrivingOne DayOwn

If you're a Supreme Court justice, the American people have elevated you to one of the highest offices in the land out of the goodness of their heart and out of deference to your legal wisdom. You get a lifetime appointment, limitless prestige, a great office, and what I have to assume is a very comfortable chair.

Donna Brazile

WisdomHeartGreatJusticePeople

Let me say this as your incoming chair of the Democratic national committee: I promise you, my friends, I commit to all Americans, that we will have a party that you can be proud of. We will elect Democrats up and down the ballot.

Donna Brazile

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