Gustave Flaubert Quotes

One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness.

Gustave Flaubert

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

StyleEffortDevotedStubbornness

I grew up in a really horrible school system, but my parents did not let that define how we function. They gave me more work at home from them than I ever got from school. To learn about the history of myself and my people, and that armors me.

Jesse Williams

WorkHomeHistoryMyselfSchoolMe

The guilt I felt for having a mental illness was horrible. I prayed for a broken bone that would heal in six weeks. But that never happened. I was cursed with an illness that nobody could see and nobody knew much about.

Andy Behrman

BrokenGuiltNobodyNeverSeeBone

I think that writers are, at best, outsiders to the society they inhabit. They have a kind of detachment, or try to have.

John Irving

BestSocietyThinkKindTryI Think

I'm a natural technophobe, but I can see the importance of the digital role, and you have to celebrate it - our site is obviously an incredibly important part of our business now.

Matthew Williamson

BusinessCelebrateYouI CanNow

Sometimes you're looking to play perfect tennis but it's not going to happen all the time and you have to accept it.

Andy Murray

TimeLookingYouPerfectPlayGoing

Daddy loves you, but he smacks you, and he can shout at you and smash things, but Daddy still loves you. So when you get into a relationship with someone who does all of that, why would it be unusual?

Trisha Goddard

RelationshipSomeoneYouWhyThings

God and the devil are inherent in each of us. It's our choice to make: you can take the road to good, you can take the road to bad. Well, we have a choice.

Ronnie James Dio

GoodGodRoadDevilYouChoice

I always have dashi in my refrigerator - it's the almighty Japanese ingredient.

Masaharu Morimoto

AlwaysJapaneseRefrigeratorAlmighty

One of my last few vices is coffee, but with a spot of almond or soymilk, it's never tasted better!

Michelle Forbes

CoffeeBetterNeverVicesLastFew

Whenever I grump when the alarm goes off, it's immediately replaced by, 'But I get to leave my office at 11 A.M. and be with my daughter all day.'

Josh Elliott

DaughterDayOfficeLeaveGetOff

I could've kept playing, but football didn't define me.

Jordan Rodgers

FootballMePlayingDefineKept

It's fun playing a more feminine part. I can identify more with a woman of passion and emotion than with a cartoon character. Who knows what a cartoon feels?

Brigitte Nielsen

PassionCharacterWomanFunI Can

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