Marquis De Custine Quotes

The love of their country is with them only a mode of flattering its master; as soon as they think that master can no longer hear, they speak of everything with a frankness which is the more startling because those who listen to it become responsible.

Marquis De Custine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: 1790 - 1857

Topics

LoveSpeakThinkCountryBecome

If you're a preacher, you talk for a living, so even if you don't make sense, you learn to make nonsense eloquently.

Andrew Young

LearnYouLivingTalkNonsenseEven

I've worked with a lot of first-time directors who kind of look to me for ideas and opinions and stuff, and I'm a team player.

Jeff Bridges

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So many people have really wanted to die. They seem ashamed to say so. I think it would help if they would say so.

Mercedes McCambridge

PeopleThinkDieHelpSayAshamed

When you got a group like G-Unit... we sold millions of records, we got a lot of egos.

Tony Yayo

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The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax.

Tom Osborne

HistoryRelaxYouMatterOvercome

Right now my favorite TV show - because it's too close to home - is 'My Name Is Earl.' That show kills me. There's some funny stuff in there.

Rodney Atkins

FunnyHomeMeNameNowRight

Every song is different.

Dimebag Darrell

SongDifferentEvery

And I think I'm an adrenaline junkie, and there's nothing that will spike your adrenaline more than sitting in a theater and listen to an audience react to something you've written.

Diablo Cody

ThinkYouSittingNothingReact

I'm an actor. It's my job.

Brittany Murphy

JobActor

No one can earn a million dollars honestly.

William Jennings Bryan

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My dad was an engineer and so I had this picture of science and technology and pursuits of the mind as being more impressive than artistic pursuits, which I saw a as kind of frivolous.

Scott McCloud

TechnologyScienceMindPictureKind

I am a writer, and the duty of a writer is not only to furnish pleasant pursuits for the mind and taste: he will be held accountable if things useful to the soul are not disseminated by his works and if nothing remains after him as a precept for mankind.

Nikolai Gogol

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