Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: July 29, 1805 - April 16, 1859

Topics

HistoryPicturesGalleryManyFew

I'm on record that it didn't really traumatize me to do away with some people.

Jim Mattis

PeopleMeSome PeopleAwaySome

Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to sell books, you have to write about the interesting lawyers - the guys who steal all the money and take off. That's the fun stuff.

John Grisham

MoneyFunReal EstateLawyerYou

The globalization that has rescued so many in poor countries has harmed some people in rich countries, as factories and jobs migrated to where labor is cheaper.

Angus Deaton

PeopleRichGlobalizationLaborPoor

I dare you to be married for 44 years and exceed anyone's expectations.

Jeffrey Katzenberg

ExpectationsYouDareYearsMarried

I enjoy the school run and being a dad. Boxing will always be with me. I like that.

Sugar Ray Leonard

SchoolMeEnjoyBoxingRunWill

Government can run and fund programs, but it can't love, it can't show compassion, and it can't embrace. Our faith is designed to have social implications, not just heavenly ones. The spiritual and the social must be connected.

Tony Evans

LoveFaithCompassionSpiritualRun

When you're in the minority, it doesn't matter what you're agenda is, you're not going to have the degree of freedom that you have as a member of the majority.

Tom Daschle

FreedomYouMatterDegreeGoing

Social media is here to stay, and the social phenomenon that is bringing this about is consumers' willingness to share more about themselves, share more about what they're doing... people are even willing to disclose where they're at. And this phenomenon is going to create huge commerce opportunities on the web.

Ron Conway

Social MediaPeopleOpportunitiesWeb

I thought that the 40s was a tough decade, because it's when you finally figure out that you're not immortal, when you really start seeing that certain options are closed to you forever: You're not going to be a brain surgeon; you're not going to be a ballerina.

Judith Viorst

BrainStartToughThoughtYouOut

I used to work over a bar. That was - there was no stage. I stood over a tiny bar. Louis Prima, rest his soul, he worked there. I was the guy that filled in when he was off the stage.

Don Rickles

WorkSoulRestOverBarStage

Nobody loses gracefully and easily, but there is a way to go about it.

Chauncey Billups

NobodyGoWayAboutGracefully

Anyone who's putting money into your movie would always rather you cast well-known people.

Noah Baumbach

MoneyPeopleYouAlwaysCastYour

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