Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes

To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: swiss
  • Birth: September 27, 1821 - May 11, 1881

Topics

MusicGreatArtSoulSongKey

If you look back historically, admittedly a long time ago, there were three Afghan wars in which Britain didn't even come a good second. In more recent years the Russians were there with 120,000 men for ten years.

John Major

GoodTimeMenLongYouLook

I've never much been interested in doing films that no one gets to see.

Michael Apted

DoingNeverSeeBeenInterested

In LA I was watching At the Movies with Ebert and Roper, it was, nice to see them differentiate between the subject matter and the art form of making the film, and they both gave it thumbs up, and I was kind of pleased at their honesty as far as reviewers go.

Michael Berryman

HonestyArtGoNiceMoviesKind

During the 2008 presidential campaign, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid marveled at the electability of Barack Obama because, unlike previous black candidates, Mr. Obama was 'light-skinned' and lacked a 'Negro dialect.'

Monica Crowley

LeaderBlackBecauseMajoritySenate

The leakage of information means you're going to be able to read everybody's e-mail.

Mo Ibrahim

YouInformationGoingAbleMeans

I have an old car that I've rebuilt myself - a 1973 Dodge Challenger - and I also have a 1967 Pontiac GTO.

Jonathan LaPaglia

CarMyselfOldChallengerDodge

My first killer amp was a Sunn Beta Lead. It was solid-state, but that Sunn was incredibly loud. I used to say to my friends, 'Hey, check it out. It's only on two.'

Dimebag Darrell

FriendsSayFirstTwoLeadOut

In Los Angeles, by the time you're 35, you're older than most of the buildings.

Delia Ephron

TimeArchitectureYouBuildingsMost

The idea of doing a tennis movie is truly unbelievable to me. Well, first of all, they don't really exist.

David Walton

MeDoingTennisFirstExistWell

I don't lie very well!

Anya Taylor-Joy

LieWellVery

We're only going to invest our shareholders' money where we think they can get the kind of returns they expected when they invested their money with Exxon Mobil.

Rex Tillerson

MoneyThinkKindShareholdersGoing

First you learn the value of abstraction, then you learn the cost of abstraction, then you're ready to engineer.

Kent Beck

ValueLearnYouReadyFirstCost

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