Honore de Balzac Quotes

It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants.

Honore de Balzac

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: May 20, 1799 - August 18, 1850

Topics

GreatManGreat ManFlightChildlike

In fact, entitlement spending on programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security make up 54% of federal spending, and spending is projected to double within the next decade. Medicare is growing by 9% annually, and Medicaid by 8% annually.

Jim Ryun

SecurityGrowingWithinEntitlement

We've had a great change. Dr King saw to that. I was so grateful to see the 'colored only' signs come off the water fountains and bathrooms in the south. But the struggle lives on.

Mavis Staples

ChangeGreatWaterStruggleGrateful

My pitch count as a general rule was 135. And I knew how many pitches I had when I went to the mound for the last three innings.

Tom Seaver

ThreeCountRuleLastKnewGeneral

I have always wanted to be on Broadway, whether on ice or on the boards.

Robin Cousins

IceAlwaysBroadwayWantedWhether

I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot and got ratings.

Roger Ailes

HotSheGotBecauseRatingsSarah

I'm in a place in my life where I get offered parts that I didn't get offered before - fathers and uncles and grandfathers and so on. And it took me a long time to get to that place, but I'm glad because it opens up new territory.

Christopher Walken

LifeTimeMeMy LifeLongPlace

The seventeenth-century baby slept, as his nineteenth-century descendant does, in a cradle. Nothing could be prettier than the old cradles that have survived successive years of use with many generations of babies.

Alice Morse Earle

BabyNothingOldYearsGenerations

When you're watching a Bond movie, if there's a violent death, there's something about cleverly chosen twists, or what props are used, or some way that he's doing something that feels like an ironic twist, that feels like it gives the audience permission to enjoy watching it and to enjoy watching something that's otherwise just brutality.

Susanna Fogel

DeathBondDoingEnjoyYouWay

I have an only child. She's so independent and good with adults.

Tim Allen

GoodChildIndependentSheOnly

I'm really not tailored for responsibility.

Rick James

ResponsibilityTailoredReally

After 3 years, I left the army at the ripe old age of 20, but I'd like to think some of the skills are still with me. I'm great at physical movement; I can still remember Morse code, and perhaps most importantly, I can fold my socks up into little balls with smiley faces.

Rhys Darby

AgeGreatOld AgeMeThinkRemember

I fall in love very easily.

Marilyn Manson

LoveFallVeryEasily

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