Guy de Maupassant Quotes

The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius.

Guy de Maupassant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: August 5, 1850 - July 6, 1893

Topics

WomenGeniusSkillDifficultLiars

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

MotivationalEnoughKnowingMust

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

CharacterWorldStormyFormed

I know I'm not everybody's cup of tea. I'm just me.

Mel B

TeaMeKnowCupJustEverybody

I wasn't a rebel. It kind of clicked in my head, like, if I want to do this, I can go out and do it. Some kids, it clicks for them, and it doesn't work out. But thank God for me it did work out. I put in all those hard hours of work, and it has gotten me to where I am.

Robert Griffin III

WorkGodI AmMeThank GodRebel

There's something about football that's exciting. The defense is trying to shut you down and you're trying to blow people up.

Robert Griffin III

FootballPeopleTryingYouDownUp

I'm not first and foremost interested in story and the what-happens, but I'm interested in who's telling it and how they're telling it and the effects of whatever happened on the characters and the people.

Amy Hempel

PeopleStoryFirstWhateverHappened

I'm a sort of political person, and I feel that there's a kind of ineradicably political dimension to theater, to all theater, whether it's overtly political or not.

Tony Kushner

FeelPoliticalPersonKindI Feel

Death is a false fear. When it is here, you won't be. When it's not, you are here.

Michel Onfray

FearDeathYouFalseHere

No citizen is apolitical; as a citizen, by definition, has to take interest in public affairs.

Mohammad Hamid Ansari

CitizenTakeInterestDefinition

In the beginning I used to make one terrible play a game. Then I got so I'd make one a week and finally I'd pull a bad one about once a month. Now, I'm trying to keep it down to one a season.

Lou Gehrig

BeginningGameWeekTryingBadPlay

I have a natural affinity with children and adults who can't accept adult responsibility.

Dexter Fletcher

ChildrenResponsibilityAcceptAdult

When I played, I was an English-style centre-half. Always with my heart, always with my fighting spirit.

Claudio Ranieri

HeartFightingSpiritAlwaysPlayed

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