Albert Camus Quotes

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.

Albert Camus

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: November 7, 1913 - January 4, 1960

Topics

HistoryHappyWantMiseryEncounter

Where wages command labor, as in the non-slaveholding States, there necessarily takes place between labor and capital a conflict, which leads, in process of time, to disorder, anarchy, and revolution if not counteracted by some appropriate and strong constitutional provision. Such is not the case in the slaveholding States.

John C. Calhoun

TimeConflictRevolutionStrong

Life began three and a half billion years ago, necessarily about as simple as it could be, because life arose spontaneously from the organic compounds in the primeval oceans.

Stephen Jay Gould

LifeSimpleThreeYearsOrganic

Of course cake is not bread. Is this why Americans are fat? You confuse cake with bread?

Steven Adams

CakeFatYouBreadWhyConfuse

St Paul, in his second letter to Corinth, spells this out further in the important eighth and ninth chapters, where he urges some of the Christian communities to be generous to others so that they may also have the chance to be generous in return.

Rowan Williams

ChanceChristianImportantOthers

I don't know whether I much enjoyed education. I was not academically gifted.

Joseph Mawle

EducationKnowGiftedEnjoyedMuch

I think one of things is that all fantasy it seems to me works the way your brain basically works. This is perhaps a startling concept, but I think it's true.

Diana Wynne Jones

MeBrainThinkTrueFantasyWay

What was so good about it was that the set that they originally built stayed there, and weathered over the five years. It got five summers and five winters of weather. It became more and more authentic as we worked in it, and they added bits to it.

Derek Jacobi

GoodWeatherMoreOverYearsGot

I can't play a slave.

Dorothy Dandridge

PlaySlave

I believe that a parent's role is to provide a path or opportunity for their children.

David Soul

OpportunityChildrenPathBelieve

Pay equity matters because those dollars add up over time.

Chirlane McCray

TimeMattersEquityOverPayUp

There's nothing funnier than religion. Try explaining it to a kid. I had it all wrong when I was a kid.

Bonnie Hunt

ReligionWrongNothingTryKidThan

I have not met a man as tall as me who is as quick as me, ever.

Tyson Fury

ManMeTallQuickWhoMet

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