Voltaire Quotes

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

Voltaire

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifePowerKnowDwellThornsUs

I played the piano as a boy for six years, from the time I was six to 12 years old. My piano lessons ended when my father died because our family had no more money. I used to have a mestiza teacher. She'd come once a week to teach me piano lessons, and she'd bribe me each time with an apple; otherwise, I wouldn't play.

John Gokongwei

FamilyFatherTeacherTimeMoneyMe

Training is not quite a thing for me yet. It is definitely on my list of things to do.

John John Florence

TrainingMeThingsQuiteListThing

I like an element of chaos in music. That feeling is the best thing ever, as long as you don't have too much of it.

Jeff Beck

MusicBestChaosLongYouToo Much

The establishment of a National Methamphetamine Prevention Week will significantly increase awareness of meth and educate the public on effective ways to help prevent its use.

Ron Lewis

HelpWeekPreventionWillAwareness

The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.

Ronald Reagan

FriendsTroubleKnowIgnorantJust

True prayer is not asking God for love; it is learning to love, and to include all mankind in one affection. Prayer is the utilization of the love wherewith He loves us.

Mary Baker Eddy

LoveLearningGodPrayerTrueUs

Coming off of 'Book of Mormon,' I had a lot of opportunities. I didn't want to do TV, actually. I really wanted to get paid nothing and keep doing theater at all costs.

Josh Gad

BookOpportunitiesDoingWantComing

The early Bob Dylan was compulsively drawn to the conflict between stability and the search for immortality.

Jon Landau

ConflictSearchEarlyImmortality

I think when real life interrupts fantasy, it's always shocking.

Dean Devlin

LifeThinkFantasyRealAlways

I was working in Lexington when I recognized this actor, Michael Shannon, and I was like, 'What do you do?' He told me to get into a theater company, so I got into a theater company near my hometown. I was a carpenter there. And then I slowly got some work.

Boyd Holbrook

WorkMeHometownYouActorCompany

I can't claim I'm truly a man's man, I'm just as much of a dork and a crybaby sometimes as anybody else.

Anson Mount

ManSometimesDorkClaimJustMuch

Everyone needs to realize the responsibility they hold and realize where they can make a difference.

Philomena Kwao

ResponsibilityMake A DifferenceHold

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