Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Voltaire Quotes

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Age Energy Loss Virtue Most Simply

We are living on the brink of the apocalypse, but the world is asleep.

Joel C. Rosenberg

World Living Brink Apocalypse Asleep

I'm always reading several books at the same time, depending on how deeply engrossed in it I am, if it's fiction and if it captures me.

Andie MacDowell

Time I Am Me Reading Always Fiction

I'm from L.A., so I'm used to seeing people in sunglasses and flip-flops. There's something so romantic about a man in a scarf and a knitted hat.

Romantic Man Hat People Sunglasses

There's no point pretending that all of Martha Graham's pieces are equally strong.

Robert Gottlieb

Strong Pretending Point Pieces

If you take 2001: A Space Odyssey as an example of somebody who creates a new language in film by what he was able to accomplish with art direction, photography, lighting, etc., it is still a gold standard for science fiction.

Science Art Space Gold Direction

I consider myself a better storyteller than a Dungeon Master.

Myself Better Master Than Consider

History has shown us all too often the consequences of dreaming poorly or not at all.

Jeff Vandermeer

History Consequences Us Dreaming Too

When I was growing up, I dreamed about becoming a cowgirl, a detective, a spy, a great actress, or a ballerina. Not a dentist, like my father, or a homemaker, like my mother - and certainly not a writer, although I always loved to read.

Father Mother Great Growing Up Loved

I love the tradition of Dickens, where even the most minor walk-on characters are twitching and particular and alive.

Love Tradition Alive Where Even

Internationalism on the other hand admits that spiritual achievements have their roots deep in national life; from this national consciousness art and literature derive their character and strength and on it even many of the humanistic sciences are firmly based.

Christian Lous Lange

Life Strength Character Art Roots

If I don't tell it all now, the story in the history books will always be imperfect and that would be wrong.

Christine Keeler

History Story Wrong Now Will Tell

People are going to bash you while you're alive, and they're going to bash you when you're gone.

Anthony Hamilton

People You Alive Gone Going Bash

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Voltaire