Nicolas Chamfort Quotes

It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful.

Nicolas Chamfort

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: April 6, 1741 - April 13, 1794

Topics

ArtMoreBoredFortuneSuccessful

My advice to American filmmakers is to marry a European. I'm not kidding. Otherwise they don't qualify for international co-production treaties.

Jeremy Thomas

AdviceAmericanMarryTreaties

Childbearing is glorified in part because women die from it.

Andrea Dworkin

WomenDieBecausePartGlorified

To think that we have to depend on some of the most dependent people in our population to fund our government when corporations won't even pay their fair share.

Robert J. Bentley

GovernmentPeopleThinkFairDepend

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

GreatGeniusMadnessTouchWithout

I don't think that you have to be effeminate to be sensitive.

Little Richard

ThinkYouSensitiveEffeminate

Computing is becoming universal.

Jay S. Walker

UniversalBecomingComputing

I liked the idea of being a photographer, just that you take this one picture of this one thing that'll never happen again - it's a bit weird when you think about it.

Courtney Barnett

ThinkWeirdPictureYouPhotographer

I think, you know, when you're a teenager, sometimes your emotions are a little bit more drastic than maybe when you're in your 20s. You sort of level out a little bit.

Brendon Urie

ThinkYouEmotionsKnowSometimes

My cartoon strips in college strived to have the Schulzian mix of surrealism and Charlie Brown angst. A bit of that combo shows up in 'Up.'

Bob Peterson

CollegeUpCartoonBrownSurrealism

I try to get massages on Saturday. That's my only day off.

Brooke Elliott

DaySaturdayTryGetOffOnly

I'm not nearly as brave and confident in some of the ways that I think stand-ups are.

Ari Graynor

BraveThinkConfidentI ThinkSome

If I have to run to put myself in the hospital, if I have to run that hard, that's how hard I'll have to run.

Ashton Eaton

MyselfRunHardHospitalHowPut

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