Gustave Flaubert Quotes

As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.

Gustave Flaubert

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FactsRuleUseWhichDisbelieve

People don't realize I tore my rotator cuff when I was 12 or 13. At that time, being so young, we decided just to not have surgery.

Andre Ward

TimePeopleYoungRealizeJust

What's odd is that nobody in my family is an artist. My cousins are, like, secretaries at law firms or nurses or just more blue collar. And I was in a baseball team. I used to be, like, a really big tomboy.

Melonie Diaz

FamilyBaseballBlueTeamLawMore

Being a filmmaker in the digital platform has given me complete creative control. I can make what I want, when I want. I don't have to wait to book an audition.

Anna Akana

CreativeMeWaitControlBookI Can

Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to get hold of a camera and some film and make a movie of any kind at all.

Stanley Kubrick

BestCameraYoungRidiculousKind

'Chef' doesn't mean that you're the best cook, it simply means 'boss.'

Tom Colicchio

BestBossChefYouMeanCook

I was ecstatic when 'The Walking Dead' came along. Merle Dixon was so perfectly adapted for me.

Michael Rooker

MeWalkingDeadAlongEcstaticCame

As a writer, putting words on the page is how I pay attention.

Jonathan Safran Foer

WordsAttentionPagePay Attention

I take Wellbutrin because I'm afraid to go into stores. I'm afraid people are going to yell at me.

Christina Ricci

PeopleMeGoAfraidTakeGoing

Literature is the ditch I'm going to die in. It's still the thing I care most about.

Thomas McGuane

CareDieLiteratureGoingDitch

By telling stories, you objectify your own experience. You separate it from yourself. You pin down certain truths.

Tim O'Brien

ExperienceYourselfYouDownOwn

People make just as many mistakes when the stakes go up, maybe more.

Richard Thaler

MistakesPeopleGoMoreUpJust

I am going into the adult market because they don't care what label you are signed to or who you know.

Luther Campbell

I AmCareYouKnowGoingMarket

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