Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes

Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MountainsThoughtKindEverythingUs

Gavin Lambert was the first person in the movie business my wife and I met when we moved to Los Angeles in 1964.

John Gregory Dunne

BusinessWifeLos AngelesPersonMet

Just as black and white, when mixed, make grey, in many ways that's what it did to my self-identity: it created a murky area of who I was, a haze around how people connected with me. I was grey. And who wants to be this indifferent colour, devoid of depth and stuck in the middle? I certainly didn't.

Meghan Markle

Black And WhitePeopleMeBlackGrey

If they are going to have war, they ought to take the old men and leave the young to propagate the race.

Jeannette Rankin

MenWarYoungRaceOldLeave

I want to be cutting-edge.

Missy Elliott

WantCutting-Edge

In some communities it is - like, for me, coming out with my parents, they were not accepting; they were not understanding. So it depends. For kids in New York and L.A., maybe it's different, but for kids in Iowa, for kids in Tennessee, it's still something that's not really talked about.

Dee Rees

New YorkParentsMeUnderstanding

You can only offend me if you mean something to me.

Chris Rock

MeYouMeanSomethingOnlyOffend

When I was 16 years old, I joined a drama group called North Queensland Academy of Dramatic Art under a woman called Maggie Shephard-King. She inspired me to audition for the role of Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet.'

Brenton Thwaites

ArtWomanMeDramaGroupShe

A people cannot exist if there is no social solidarity.

Ariel Sharon

PeopleSolidaritySocialExist

I'm a trained engineer, so I'm conditioned to come up with a right answer to a difficult question, but when it comes to art, there is no definite answer because it's so subjective.

Sushant Singh Rajput

ArtQuestionDifficultRightUp

When things come to the worse, they generally mend.

Susanna Moodie

ThingsComeWorseMendGenerally

I think the biggest myth entrepreneurs have is that the growth and performance of their startups depends more on their entrepreneurial talent than on the businesses they choose.

Scott Shane

GrowthTalentPerformanceThinkMore

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

Thomas Jefferson

FreeCitizenSoldierMustGreeks

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