Georges Bernanos Quotes

What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!

Georges Bernanos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: February 20, 1888 - July 5, 1948

Topics

TruthSleepWarmMatterTasteSoft

Honestly, I wish I'd known just how hard it is and how competitive the acting world is. I took my time; I went at my own pace. That's been helpful over the years, but also, I didn't quite realize how incredible everyone else was going to be: the level of competition and everyone's skill.

Max von Essen

TimeCompetitionWorldWishActing

Now, it's true I married my wife for her looks... but not the ones she's been givin' me lately.

Jeff Foxworthy

WifeMeLooksNowTrueShe

Holding a book you're reading is kind of old-school.

Trip Adler

BookReadingYouKindHolding

I have to admit that I get quite emotional listening to the amazing talent that exists in the New York subways.

Lisa O'Hare

TalentNew YorkAmazingListening

Firms don't just try to pay as little as possible to get the needed bodies on board; when there is unemployment, they ask themselves how wage cuts would affect the behavior of the employees. Would they quit or feel dissatisfied and work less hard on the firm's behalf if they feel that wage policies are unfair?

Janet Yellen

WorkBehaviorFeelEmployeesQuit

If you miss something in the theater, you are working through it; you'll get it tomorrow. It's easy to forgive yourself in the theater. On television, you do one shot. All you've done rehearsal-wise is be blocked. There is all this pressure to get it right then.

Donna Lynne Champlin

YourselfTomorrowPressureEasyYou

I'm like everybody else. I get tired sometimes.

Donny Osmond

TiredSometimesGetLikeEverybody

My husband, Gabriele, is a musician, and I love music, so you can bet it's a really important part of our home entertaining repertoire, even if it means Gabriele making a really good playlist for a dinner party.

Debi Mazar

LoveGoodHomeMusicDinnerHusband

If you allow yourself to be closed, especially to a younger generation, then that's death. That's instant death.

Ali Shaheed Muhammad

DeathYourselfGenerationYouAllow

President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone.

William Westmoreland

AloneWarWantVietnam WarPresident

One of my great breaks is I have only done work I wanted to do.

William Goldman

WorkGreatDoneOnlyBreaksWanted

Kids can be so mean.

Shane Dawson

MeanKids

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