Voltaire Quotes

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard.

Voltaire

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TongueRiskRightNaturalHazard

I think the bravest thing to write about is nothing, just to write a book in which nothing happens.

Meg Rosoff

BookThinkNothingWriteJustAbout

Ordinary professionalism and 20 years' experience can accomplish a lot, but it can't access the hidden places.

Jeanette Winterson

ExperienceProfessionalismAccomplish

Success gave me confidence as an artist. And now I'm able to do what I want without anybody thinking it's dumb.

Amy Lee

SuccessConfidenceMeThinkingDumb

Who really wants to be themselves when they're teenagers?

Stephen Colbert

TeenagersWhoWantsReally

I'm a bad girl. I always fall for good guys.

Sonam Kapoor

GoodGirlFallBadAlwaysBad Girl

We were sent to this country by the President, who desires to promote the welfare of Japan, and are quite different from the ambassadors of other countries.

Townsend Harris

CountryPresidentWelfareDifferent

Puppet camp truly redefined my preconceptions of puppetry... I'll never forget learning that before a puppet can speak... he has to inhale. It's those details that make the characters truly come to life.

Rob McClure

LifeLearningSpeakDetailsForget

Why are some people bullied? Because they are different. How? It doesn't matter.

Roger Ebert

PeopleWhyMatterSome PeopleSome

The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your consciousness.

Roger Avary

PhilosophyYouNothingRealOwn

A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.

Jean Cocteau

PoetryRosesTrueScentPoetBother

I want to protect and preserve social security and Medicare.

Dean Heller

SecurityWantProtectSocial Security

You can't imagine parlor ballads drifting out of high-rise multi-towered buildings. That kind of music existed in a more timeless state of life.

Bob Dylan

LifeMusicYouBuildingsKindMore

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