Guy de Maupassant Quotes

The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.

Guy de Maupassant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeSmileShadowBoredomEssence

Whether a president can truly improve, or damage, an economy remains an open question.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

PresidentQuestionEconomyImprove

A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else.

John Locke

HappyMindWorldBetterShortWish

It's funny. You succeed, but now where are you gonna go from there? I've got to keep proving that I can laugh or cry more real each time.

Jeff Bridges

FunnyTimeSucceedLaughYouI Can

I would never refuse a film or do a film for a certain amount of money.

Sidharth Malhotra

MoneyNeverFilmWouldRefuse

Cease to be a drudge, seek to be an artist.

Mary McLeod Bethune

ArtistSeekCease

I was so shocked by how many people watched 'Lois and Clark.'

Michael Landes

PeopleShockedHowManyWatched

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

Jawaharlal Nehru

CultureMindSpiritWidening

When people jump on your mistakes, don't hide from them; let people know that you're human, too.

Cory Booker

MistakesPeopleYouHideJumpKnow

I really like all music, but mostly Country, older R&B, and the good classic rock.

Brett Favre

GoodMusicCountryRockClassic

Rastafari not a culture, it's a reality.

Bob Marley

CultureReality

I dread to be compared to all these directors who have a lot of spontaneous emoting and swearing in their films - that is death; it's a cul-de-sac. It doesn't lift the material at all. It's just a cliched reproduction of what we think is normal behaviour.

Pawel Pawlikowski

DeathThinkLiftSpontaneousNormal

Sure, our three-pound brains might be inadequate to understand the universe. But perhaps they're just good enough to build something that can.

Seth Shostak

GoodUniverseEnoughUnderstandSure

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Guy de Maupassant