Georges Bataille Quotes

To place oneself in the position of God is painful: being God is equivalent to being tortured. For being God means that one is in harmony with all that is, including the worst. The existence of the worst evils is unimaginable unless God willed them.

Georges Bataille

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: September 10, 1897 - July 9, 1962

Topics

GodHarmonyPlaceWorstExistence

By and large, women in New Zealand are fortunate compared with some other countries, including many in our own region. But there is still progress to be made.

Jenny Shipley

WomenProgressNewOwnZealandMade

Seeking justice is always our goal, but we see many too willing to circumvent that.

John Fleming

JusticeGoalAlwaysSeeWillingOur

Swag is something that I've had for a long time.

Amar'e Stoudemire

TimeLongLong TimeSomethingHad

You have to treat people gently because we're all in a process. What might seem like a good idea to somebody at 21 is probably not going to seem like a good idea at 50, but you don't know that until you get there.

Amy Grant

GoodPeopleTreatProcessYouKnow

People are obviously going to mention what I look like, but it's a shame it has to be a key part. I can't just be Miranda.

Miranda Hart

PeopleKeyLookShameGoingJust

That is one good thing about this world... there are always sure to be more springs.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

GoodWorldMoreAlwaysSureSprings

We need more courageous individuals who will defy the structures of power, whether political, economic, or intimate, but we also need it to be safe for people to feel their power and to be able to express their ideas and imagine without fear.

Deeyah Khan

FearPowerPeopleIdeasPolitical

Salespeople are the most important people in any organization. Until a salesperson gets an order, nobody in the company has a job.

Chris Gardner

JobPeopleOrganizationNobodyOrder

There's a hell of a lot of freedom in this rock and roll circus... it's where all the freaks go - it's the environment for me.

Brian Molko

FreedomMeRock And RollHellRock

My walk is a public one. My business is in the world, and I must mix in the assemblies of men or quit the post which Providence seems to have assigned me.

William Wilberforce

BusinessWalkMenMeWorldQuit

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Plato

GoodPeopleGood PeopleBad People

My children are as at home in the Port Elgin library as I used to be, and they've sat in the cinema seats where I sat with their aunt every Saturday afternoon, watching the matinee movies.

Susanna Kearsley

HomeChildrenLibrarySaturdayAunt

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