Charles de Gaulle Quotes

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?

Charles de Gaulle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: leader
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: November 22, 1890 - November 9, 1970

Topics

FriendHistoryMenSolitudeYouNow

As a writer, you have to believe you're one of the best writers in the world. To sit down every day at the typewriter filled with self-doubt is not a good idea.

Jo Nesbo

GoodBestDayWorldBelieveYou

I would snack on crisps and chocolate and my meals weren't the best. I ate lots of steak with creamy sauces, chips and peas, washed down with wine and a pudding.

Jennifer Ellison

BestWineChocolateDownSnack

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

John Dryden

PowerSinWantRepentance

There were lots of smart black people at Harvard before Barack Obama, but none of them ever got to head up the law review. There has been a history of discrimination.

Andrew Young

HistorySmartPeopleLawBlackHead

Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.

Andrew Jackson

WifeMeHeavenMeetWill

I mean, the general rule is if you're not prepared to make a mistake, you're not going to make much progress.

Maurice Wilkins

ProgressMistakeYouMeanGoing

There are strong reasons for believing that space goes on beyond the limits of our observational horizon. There are strong reasons because if you look in opposite directions, conditions are the same to within one part in 100,000. So if we are part of some finite structure then, if the gradient is so shallow, it is likely to go on much further.

Martin Rees

SpaceLimitsStrongHorizonLookGo

The desire to abdicate, to give up - for me, that's primal.

Michelle Dean

MeDesireUpGivePrimalAbdicate

Technology is the fashion of the '90s. It affects everyone, and everyone is interested in it - either from fear of being left behind or because they have a real need to use technology.

Jay Chiat

FearTechnologyFashionNeedReal

It's funny, but to me, when you go to a concert hall and hear electronic pieces from the '60s, I think they sound really dated. But when an orchestra plays a piece from that period, and it's going to sound different every time, it feels more modern to me.

Jonny Greenwood

FunnyTimeMeThinkYouGo

Better than succeeding little by little is failing at one go.

Jose Bergamin

BetterGoLittleThanSucceeding

I'm always moving forward.

Debbie Allen

Moving ForwardMovingForwardAlways

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