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Voltaire Quotes

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: french
Birth: November 21, 1694 - May 30, 1778

Topics

Optimism Madness Miserable Well

I don't know what it means to be a sex symbol. When I look myself on a magazine cover I don't see it as me, but as someone painted, fluffed, puffed and done up.

Jennifer Aniston

Myself Me Someone Look Sex Know

Even before I came out, looking at me, I've probably looked a little gay. I had short hair, and, you know, it wasn't a huge surprise to people. But some athletes have this image to uphold and may feel like sponsors won't want them if they're gay.

People Me Hair Looking Surprise You

Our fathers worshiped the golden calf. The worst you can say of an American now is, he worships the gold of the calf.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Gold American You Say Golden Worst

He does what I have always needed to have done to me, and that is that he dominates me.

Me Done Always He Does Needed

All men can and will change. But there's only one woman we're going to change for.

Change Men Woman Will Going Only

There is an awful lot of what I call recreational jazz going on, where people go out and learn a particular language or style and become real sharks on somebody else's language.

Style People Language Learn Sharks

Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation.

Stephen Ambrose

Wildlife Recreation Rivers Made Our

Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain!

Ignorance Name Mystery Would Plain

Whether I play five or 10 metres forward or back does not change my way of playing, to be on the ball a lot.

Change Forward Back Play Way Ball

I'm not a big football person at all.

Football Person Big

We should see the leadership from the White House setting dates certain for certain goals of achieving greater alliance on alternative and renewable energy sources, but we are not.

Leadership Goals Energy House White

I always found that the closer I got to who I really am, on stage, the more they responded to it.

More Always Stage Got Found Closer

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