Remy de Gourmont Quotes

Two elements are needed to form a truth - a fact and an abstraction.

Remy de Gourmont

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: April 4, 1858 - September 27, 1915

Topics

TruthTwoAbstractionFactElements

If he wants to blow his head off, let him. I don't give a damn about Jim Bakker.

Jessica Hahn

DamnHimHeadGiveOffHe

The free market is not a god; we have to do everything we can to make the market competitive.

Michael Gove

GodFreeEverythingCompetitiveMake

It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being.

John Stuart Mill

TechnologyDayHumanMechanicalMade

I'm ready for a Christianity that 'ruins' my life, that captures my heart and makes me uncomfortable. I want to be filled with an astonishment which is so captivating that I am considered wild and unpredictable and... well... dangerous. Yes, I want to be 'dangerous' to a dull and boring religion.

Mike Yaconelli

LifeHeartReligionI AmMeMy Life

Some of the most brilliant things that someone might do could happen in three minutes because it's something that just occurs to them. And then, there's the example of really chipping away at something to create something great. I don't believe that one is more reliable than the other.

Chris Cornell

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The detail of my art depends entirely on the project itself. I tend to be a little more detail-oriented with covers than I am with interior pages, and I try to reduce the detail on action sequences as opposed to suspense passages.

Brian Stelfreeze

ArtI AmDetailActionTryProject

I think it is a wonderful process of transformation from an actress to a producer.

Anushka Sharma

TransformationThinkProcessProducer

It's a privilege to present 'Late Night Live'. No radio program, anywhere on Earth, casts a wider net.

Phillip Adams

LiveNightPresentLateEarthRadio

The teenager's room is her cave. It is here she can meet herself, undistracted by the new hassles life is making for her. Here, she can reflect.

Susan Minot

LifeNewMeetCaveSheRoom

When I was growing up, 'Anna Karenina' was one of my favourite books.

Paullina Simons

Growing UpGrowingUpBooksAnna

Music and philanthropy have a long, benevolent relationship with one another. Record bins are rife with charity singles, and concert history is filled with benefit shows for every imaginable cause. Musicians like to give back.

Shawn Amos

MusicRelationshipHistoryCharity

You see your children growing. You look at your grandchildren, and you say to yourself, 'What if I weren't here? Have I done all I can to prepare them for their role in life?' You realize that you never quite do everything, but you want to do better than what you have done.

Thomas S. Monson

LifeChildrenYourselfBetterLook

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