Blaise Pascal Quotes

We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves.

Blaise Pascal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DisguiseOnlyContradictionOurselves

I don't feel like I'm slowing down.

Melvyn Bragg

FeelDownLikeSlowing

Trump crossed the line all the time. Flustered during the debate because he couldn't out-debate Clinton on policy, he just leaned into the mic and dismissed her entirely: 'nasty woman.'

Mel Robbins

TimeWomanDebatePolicyLineNasty

I like restraint. Even with actors, restraint is something that I work on the most.

John Hillcoat

WorkSomethingRestraintLikeEven

Many anti-energy groups display little appreciation of the extent to which modern economies depend pervasively on the use of fossil fuels and petrochemical products.

Robert Higgs

AppreciationDependLittleModern

I live in places where, although I don't take public stands, I'm surrounded by liberals, and I've spent a lot of time in this country talking to people who have very different views than the people I live around and trying to see kind of what's in common beneath those conversations.

Anand Giridharadas

LiveTimePeopleTalkingTryingSee

There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state.

Stephan Jenkins

RhythmEmotionalHeadMelodyState

I had long been resistant to doing a documentary about my mother for personal reasons. And I thought there was no way she'd want to, but then I asked her and she said 'yes.'

Rory Kennedy

MotherThoughtDoingLongPersonal

I kind of grew up with high goals for myself; I intended to play pro baseball. Growing up in Texas, Hollywood isn't much of a reality.

Josh Henderson

GoalsMyselfBaseballGrowing Up

I find it very difficult to see the boundary between womenswear and menswear. It's bizarre the ways in which society reacts; they find it difficult to comprehend seeing parts of the body on a man. I think it's fascinating.

Jonathan Anderson

ManSocietyThinkSeeingBodyFind

If you want your checkbook to follow your heart, make a donation to those doing work you support.

Donna Brazile

WorkHeartSupportDoingYouWant

I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn't. Hey, it made me a better leader: you have to take a lot of people's needs into account; you have to look down the road. Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy.

Dee Dee Myers

LeadershipLeaderChildrenFootball

I know what the attitudes of the readers are: These are guys who love women and respect women.

Christie Hefner

LoveWomenRespectKnowWhoReaders

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