Honore de Balzac Quotes

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.

Honore de Balzac

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LoveWomenMenCreditNothingUs

A Kerry footballer with an inferiority complex is one who thinks he's just as good as everybody else.

John B. Keane

GoodComplexFootballerJustWhoHe

I realised that if I did what I wanted to do, it would work.

John Dyer

WorkWouldWantedDidRealised

I think Australians do well here because we feel a bit naughty, like we're in America and if they only knew how much fun we were having, we'd all get thrown out, you know.

Melissa George

FunThinkFeelAmericaYouKnow

There's a great book about John Kennedy and his relationship to civil rights called 'The Bystander.' The title alone suggests that he did as little as possible, any minimal critical effort, to really facilitate civil rights in the White House.

Michael Eric Dyson

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To me, religion is an agreement between a group of people about what God is. Spirituality is a one-on-one relationship.

Steve Earle

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Viola Davis should be a household name. So should Angela Bassett.

Rutina Wesley

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Writers seem mesmerized by the state - the temporal entity. The word 'perestroika' is impressed somehow on our minds. But that is not the duty of a writer.

Joseph Brodsky

DutyMindsSeemWriterWordState

Time spent researching varies from book to book. Some novels require months, even years of research, others very little. I try to do most of my research before I begin but inevitably questions emerge during the writing.

Jonathan Kellerman

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My best friend is me, and I take good care of me.

Diane von Furstenberg

GoodFriendBestMeBest Friend

There's always these giant baffling books, like 'The Da Vinci Code.' People say it's not as well written as 'Midnight's Children.' Why aren't people reading 'Midnight's Children?' Nobody knows why these phenomenons happen but they're great.

Denise Mina

ChildrenGreatPeopleReadingNobody

In the real world, I see conservatives volunteering at adoption agencies, at churches, at bake sales and the local American Legion Post while the only charity a progressive sends is a smug sermon on fair share and what fairness is.

Allen West

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I was in the band as a boy and was taught music and learned to compose.

Norman Wisdom

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