Gustave Flaubert Quotes

Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.

Gustave Flaubert

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: December 12, 1821 - May 8, 1880

Topics

SucceedNothingMoreSeeIdiots

'Fire' is physical and has a lot of grunt to it. I really love that.

Jesse Spencer

LoveFirePhysicalLotReallyGrunt

Multi-camera's fun because you have the immediacy of the audience and just being able to tell the story more or less straight through. The thing I like about single-camera is that you have the luxury of shooting a lot of different options.

Megan Mullally

FunStoryLuxuryYouMoreShooting

I did watch the whole run of 'The Walking Dead.'

Alycia Debnam-Carey

WalkingRunDeadWatchWholeDid

We are seeing historic, record-breaking sales across all types of our accounts in North America for 'The Lost Symbol.'

Sonny Mehta

AmericaSeeingLostSalesOurNorth

Through an arbitrary problem, I had arrived at a tenet of good writing: brevity wins.

Michael Winter

GoodWritingProblemThroughBrevity

It is obvious that anything a scientist discovers or invents is based on previous discoveries and inventions. The same applies to the arts.

Lukas Foss

SameInventionsAnythingArtsBased

Nothing happens quite by chance. It's a question of accretion of information and experience.

Jonas Salk

ExperienceChanceInformationNothing

I always felt that I had to leave a legacy on the African continent. As I was only the third player to come to the NBA from Africa, I felt I had to do my best to recruit more young Africans to come and play in the NBA - and also find a way to bring the NBA to Africa.

Dikembe Mutombo

BestLegacyFindPlayYoungWay

Analysts estimate that emerging markets are expected to drive 90 percent of the world's pharmaceutical market growth, and differentiated products will be important to this growth.

Dilip Shanghvi

GrowthWorldDriveImportantWill

I never satisfied that kid but I think he and I have made a deal now.

Anthony Quinn

ThinkNowNeverKidSatisfiedDeal

There is not a special imposition on writers to be activists. All that does is encourage writers to write propaganda. Propaganda can be written by anybody, including dictators.

Wole Soyinka

SpecialWritePropagandaEncourage

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.

William Lyon Phelps

PeopleThoughtsWorldInteresting

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