Gustave Flaubert Quotes

The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock, he must leave his family.

Gustave Flaubert

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FamilyMeTrueLeavePoetPriest

When I was 16 and arrived in France, I discovered chocolate mousse. I was crazy about the bread, too. Every morning, I'd go to the bakery and get a fresh croissant. It made me feel very sophisticated.

Jerry Hall

MorningMeCrazyChocolateFeelGo

Boston will always be home to me.

Joey Kramer

HomeMeWillBostonAlways

Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.

Jeremy Bentham

GovernmentNeverConspiracySystem

One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish and English lines and see how the translator worked.

Anita Diament

KnowSeeBoneLittleLinesEnglish

There are cultural reasons, economic competitiveness reasons. There are a lot of reasons why people are in poverty. The difference today is that increasingly they are in perpetual poverty.

Jeb Bush

TodayPeoplePovertyWhyDifference

The Whitney is a museum that has a great rapport with younger artists and the community.

Jeff Koons

CommunityGreatMuseumArtists

I don't remember doing more than one take for a film.

Sridevi

DoingRememberMoreTakeFilmThan

Elvis was a way bigger influence than Waylon Jennings, but you don't wanna tell people, 'I never really listened to Waylon.'

Sturgill Simpson

PeopleInfluenceYouWayNeverTell

I'm a very self-conscious person; I think we all are, but I'm especially not very comfortable in my body. I always feel really weird and awkward on the street or on the stage. It has nothing to do with circumstances; it's just an ongoing psychological state, like white noise.

Sufjan Stevens

ThinkWeirdFeelBodyWhitePerson

I think that's one of the biggest problems in rock is people thinking too much, putting too much emphasis on getting things perfect or completely sorted out. Sometimes that sound of not having everything sorted out is kind of cool.

Stone Gossard

PeopleCoolProblemsThinkThinking

I have need of Rigaud. He is violent. I want him for carrying on war; and that war is necessary to me.

Toussaint Louverture

WarMeWantNeedHimNecessary

Practically every movie that shows the pope or even a bishop as a character, and in much of western literature of the last 300 or 400 years, these are portrayed as awful figures.

Michael Novak

CharacterLiteratureYearsLastPope

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