Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes

The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

EyesAnxietySatisfactionWantHim

People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.

John C. Maxwell

LifeTimePurposePeopleActivities

Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist.

Robert G. Allen

RichBecomeOptimistOutBuying

Lots of times I'll play lead and rhythm together.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

TogetherPlayRhythmLeadLots

The Southern hospitality is almost the same as the love and the kindness that they show back at home.

Tua Tagovailoa

LoveKindnessHomeHospitalityBack

I have values I believe in and certain things I stand for.

Torrey Smith

BelieveStandValuesI Believe

Even if somebody wanted to tell me what one of my songs meant to him or her, I can't do it - I would be probably put to tears every time.

Lucy Dacus

TimeMeTearsHimTellHer

Use an accountant the first time you file your taxes after becoming a freelancer. It will be worth it.

Jean Chatzky

TimeWorthYouAccountantWill

Poets are Damned... but See with the Eyes of Angels.

Allen Ginsberg

EyesAngelsSeePoets

We'll have to wait the old-fashioned way.

Wolf Blitzer

WaitWayOld-Fashioned

I have never been a fan of bond funds. Unlike a direct investment in an individual bond that you can hold to maturity and be assured you will get your principal back (assuming no default), a fund has no finite maturity date and most funds are actively traded.

Suze Orman

MaturityBondYouBackInvestment

I'm not a genetically superior person. I built my body.

Sylvester Stallone

BodyPersonGeneticallySuperior

I never read 'The Cinderella Complex' - I'm too afraid that my name might be in it.

Susan Ford

NameNeverAfraidComplexCinderella

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