Alexis Carrel Quotes

The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed.

Alexis Carrel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: June 28, 1873 - November 5, 1944

Topics

SocietyDestinyDutyFirstGiveHis

By reading, you learn through others' experiences, generally, a better way to do business, especially in our line of work where the consequences of incompetence are so final for young men.

Jim Mattis

WorkBusinessMenReadingBetter

I can't imagine being a girl out there on the road. We can throw a hat on and stink. Girls have to do their hair.

Matthew Ramsey

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I never thought of us as a punk band, a metal band, or a new wave band. Just as a band band.

Angus Young

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The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort - the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing - the opening a wonderfully joyous moment.

Andy Rooney

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Lordy, lordy, lordy do I love money. It is a character flaw, no doubt, one that springs from a panicked childhood in which I always felt as if our family was only a couple missed child support payments from being tossed onto the pitiless streets of our suburban New Jersey town.

Michael Ian Black

FamilyLoveCharacterMoneySupport

I still don't think I'm a fashion guy. I think I'm a clothes guy. I'm a little obsessive.

Michael Bastian

FashionThinkClothesLittleGuy

I never imagined myself doing a one-man show. If I'm going to do one, I'd rather do one that breaks all the rules.

Steffan Rhodri

MyselfDoingRulesNeverGoingShow

It's the classic story form. All staying equal, or proving equal, or being equal, this will all continue, and the next time around, we'll move on to see what happened to Harry after he dove in the river, or who his friend John really was, and so on.

Robert Creeley

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'Scandal' is soooo Hollywood. It's not me.

Judy Smith

MeHollywoodScandal

Monotony collapses time; novelty unfolds it. You can exercise daily and eat healthily and live a long life, while experiencing a short one. If you spend your life sitting in a cubicle and passing papers, one day is bound to blend unmemorably into the next - and disappear.

Joshua Foer

LifeLiveDailyTimeDayShort

I studied archaeology.

Cole Sprouse

ArchaeologyStudied

I have no intention of flattering people. I like wrinkles and crow's feet and flaws, and somebody should know, if I'm going to photograph them, that's going to show up, you know?

Chuck Close

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