Elizabeth Bibesco Quotes

The only thing that matters is to have charm and expression. Then comes that horrible gnawing doubt of our own magnetism. Is it possible that, though we are not lovely, we are not irresistible either? That we will have to go through life belonging neither to the triumphantly beautiful nor to the triumphantly ugly?

Elizabeth Bibesco

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: February 26, 1897 - April 7, 1945

Topics

LifeBeautifulUglyDoubtBelonging

I've seen suffering first-hand, and we have to make sure we relieve people's suffering.

Jimmy Gomez

PeopleSufferingSeenSureMake

Science fiction offers an intensely bracing angle of view for writers to adopt, especially in a time of constant innovation and crisis, and it is a scandal that in 1999 so many writers have written it and continue to write it in obscurity.

John Clute

InnovationScienceTimeViewCrisis

I think a good entrepreneur has a very clear grasp of what the goal is, an unwavering sense of the goal, an utterly agile approach of getting there.

John Katzman

GoodThinkGoalEntrepreneurClear

Obama and Clinton make an interesting contrast in brands.

John Quelch

InterestingContrastMakeObama

Unlike in my young days I'm not able to eat, drink and sleep tennis.

Amelie Mauresmo

SleepYoungDrinkTennisEatDays

I sit my three sons down and say, 'Listen to me. When the police stop you, immediately comply. Don't walk away, don't smart-mouth; get your hands up and get down on the ground.' If you're not black, you might not have to have that conversation, but I go over and over it with them because I don't want that phone call.

Steve Harvey

WalkPoliceMeBlackHandsYou

I try not to have too much of an ego. I'll do anything.

Rob Schneider

EgoToo MuchTryAnythingMuchToo

The most important thing I learned as a foreign correspondent in about 80 countries is that it takes a very shallow knowledge of history to think that there are solutions to most problems.

Robert D. Kaplan

KnowledgeHistoryProblemsThink

I have a Missouri Fox Trotter. So mine's like a quarter horse, but just a much better gait - it moves very fast.

Mitt Romney

BetterHorseFastFoxMineJust

The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence.

Jules Verne

SeaExistenceWonderfulOnly

The coolest gift I've ever gotten from a fan was from the Franklin Mint. It was a knife, and it had a picture of General Wade Hampton, who my oldest son is named after. It's a collector's item and came with a case and a stand and everything.

Josh Turner

SonGiftStandPictureKnifeMint

I've tried to convince members of my party that we should not allow the hair on the backs of our necks to bristle every time somebody mentions renewable energy.

Cory Gardner

TimeHairEnergyPartyConvinceOur

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