Alexandre Dumas Quotes

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.

Alexandre Dumas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dramatist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: July 24, 1802 - December 5, 1870

Topics

FailureManPersonBearFirstArms

These are challenging times for all Americans. We face the specter of war abroad and a steady stream of bad economic news at home.

Robert Matsui

HomeWarFaceBadNewsStream

It's a disease we have that we think that everything is explainable. It's a merchandising idea because you can sell explanations and cures for everything, but it doesn't work like that. It's very hard to understand everything.

Stellan Skarsgard

WorkThinkYouUnderstandHardSell

I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense.

Robert Frost

MusicAloneMyselfSoundOutMay

It isn't generally the case that liberals dominate entire hierarchies. That isn't generally how it works, because the hierarchies are usually set up so that conservatives fill up the hierarchies; it's in the nature of hierarchy.

Jordan Peterson

NatureUpHierarchyBecauseSetHow

You'd be surprised what you'd catch on my playlist.

Desiigner

YouCatchSurprised

A movie star is someone people look at and go, 'I want to be like that person'. There's the responsibility of desire. It's not something I'm interested in trying. I would fail miserably at it, so why even bother?

Christian Bale

ResponsibilityPeopleSomeoneLook

When I was writing about Gotham in 'Broken City,' I was writing about Chicago. I just substituted the names.

Brian Azzarello

BrokenCityWritingChicagoNames

My life hasn't always been a disaster, it's just that when it has, it's been a spectacular disaster.

Boy George

LifeMy LifeAlwaysDisasterBeen

Being in Silicon Valley makes me strict when it comes to my children's technology use. I am surrounded by it all day, so I try to avoid it when I get home. I set screen-time limits, because I think it's good to diversify activities.

Anne Wojcicki

GoodHomeTechnologyChildrenDay

I really am at a place where I think we need to feed every child at school for free and feed them a real school lunch that's sustainable and nutritious and delicious. It needs to be part of the curriculum of the school in the same way that physical education was part of the curriculum, and all children participated.

Alice Waters

EducationChildrenSchoolChildFree

I think leading up to the tour is the most stressful part because you barely have any time home.

Sharon Van Etten

HomeTimeThinkYouUpBecause

You can call me a cheater and doper until the cows come home. But the fact remains that in a race where everybody had equal opportunity, I played the game, and I played it well.

Tyler Hamilton

HomeOpportunityMeGameYouRace

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