Blaise Pascal Quotes

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by others.

Blaise Pascal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: June 19, 1623 - August 19, 1662

Topics

PeopleOthersMoreFoundReasons

My main commitment is to Caudwell Children. I put more than £1m a year into the charity, besides a lot of time and effort.

John Caudwell

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Because of Hubble and other telescopes, we've now discovered that there are probably planets around every star, or virtually every star. There are solar systems around most stars. And the fact that we're here on a planet, Earth, means that it's likely there's lots of other Earths out there.

John M. Grunsfeld

StarsEarthNowSolarOutPlanet

I love what I do. I love to learn.

Steve Jurvetson

LoveLearnI Love

My husband and I are two people who never thought we'd be married.

Miranda July

PeopleHusbandThoughtNeverTwo

We want to lead normal lives, lives where our religion and our traditions translate into tolerance, so that we coexist with the world and become part of the development of the world.

Mohammad bin Salman

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Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life.

Louis Auchincloss

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Any time you get to do a David Mamet play, it's a great opportunity. His writing is such that I think it's a big challenge, but when you get it right, it's a great opportunity to play every night, really.

Jason Priestley

OpportunityGreatTimeChallengeYou

There's every reason to believe there will be further attacks attempted against the United States. For us to spend so much time patting ourselves on the back because we got bin Laden that we miss the next attack would be a terrible tragedy.

Dick Cheney

TimeBelieveBackTragedyWillNext

I'd love to do a character with a wife, a nice little house, a couple of kids, a dog, maybe a bit of singing, and no guns and no killing, but nobody offers me those kind of parts.

Christopher Walken

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I think cinema is linked to literature by a lot of social ways. Our brains are full of literature - my brain is.

Claire Denis

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It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.

Anne Sexton

FatherRememberMatterMattersWho

It's sort of an action flick. You can't be that funny trying to steal diamonds.

Anthony Anderson

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