Ernest Renan Quotes

As a rule, all heroism is due to a lack of reflection, and thus it is necessary to maintain a mass of imbeciles. If they once understand themselves the ruling men will be lost.

Ernest Renan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: February 28, 1823 - October 2, 1892

Topics

ReflectionMenLostUnderstandWill

The message is that I was reminding myself and informing others of the fact that God has always been good to me. No matter what you're going through, God is always with us. Life is a journey.

Andrae Crouch

LifeGoodGodJourneyMyselfMe

I'm not deluded enough to think that everyone who knows my name is a listener. You know, I hope that part of that interest - part of that public interest - has to do with me still making records that people like.

John Mayer

HopePeopleMeThinkNameEnough

To some extent, all authors are a little schizophrenic. We lead most of our lives in solitary confinement, living and breathing the books that we're writing.

Sophie Kinsella

WritingLivingBreathingLeadLittle

I did nothing but international liberation politics for ten years, and usually it was like, you gain an inch, you lose a half an inch. It's slow going, man.

Steven Van Zandt

PoliticsManSlowYouLoseNothing

When migraines briefly became a campaign issue for me, it appeared that political foes were maybe playing the gender card.

Michele Bachmann

MePoliticalGenderPlayingMaybe

I'm a betting man. I like to gamble everywhere, everything I do.

Luke Rockhold

ManEverythingLikeBettingGamble

Infrastructure investment can boost economic growth and employment, and, in fact, it is fiscally neutral.

Lou Jiwei

GrowthInvestmentEconomic Growth

I'm a bad dater - I'm just not good at it. It's so weird dating in this town. It's like high school. I get a lot of people who have their publicist call my agent to ask, 'Is she dating anyone?'

Jules Asner

GoodDatingSchoolPeopleWeirdBad

I'm sure all parents think their kids are funny, and I'm sure a lot of kids are, whether their parents are comics or not.

Julia Davis

FunnyParentsThinkSureKidsLot

Part of the beauty of Judaism, and surely this is so for other faiths also, is that it gently restores control over time. Three times a day we stop what we are doing and turn to God in prayer. We recover perspective. We inhale a deep breath of eternity.

Jonathan Sacks

BeautyGodTimePerspectiveDay

I think everybody's got a malicious side.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

ThinkSideGotMaliciousEverybody

As long as I play ball, I can get any woman I want.

Dennis Rodman

WomanLongI CanPlayWantBall

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