Voltaire Quotes

Religion was instituted to make us happy in this life and in the other. What must we do to be happy in the life to come? Be just.

Voltaire

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeReligionHappyBe HappyUs

I like people. That's me. I like people on the street, and I also happen to like other people who have power. But I'll go to a party and realise I haven't spoken to anybody who can do anything for me.

John Polson

PowerPeopleMePartyGoStreet

I don't perceive my role as a newsman at all. I'm a comedian from stem to stern. You can cut me open and count the rings of jokes.

Stephen Colbert

MeYouOpenJokesRingsCount

A lot of hacking is playing with other people, you know, getting them to do strange things.

Steve Wozniak

PeopleYouKnowStrangePlaying

I remember an interview so terrible with CNN's Jon Klein, I nearly blurted out, 'Forget it, I am a loser!' But I didn't need to say it. My face and posture did.

Mika Brzezinski

I AmFaceLoserRememberForgetSay

Every time I get accustomed to low volatility, like we were towards the end of the Greenspan era, and we think we have all the levers under the control... something erupts to remind us that the idea that anybody is in control of everything is hubris.

Lloyd Blankfein

TimeControlThinkEndVolatility

How many writers in history have ever been as famous as Stephen King? He casts an awfully long shadow.

Christopher Golden

HistoryShadowKingFamousLongHe

Just so you know, I'm a really boring interview. I hate doing them.

Chris O'Donnell

HateDoingYouKnowBoringJust

I'm okay with not having a super-secure lifestyle because if you're doing what you like, you don't need stuff to fill any empty holes.

Constance Wu

DoingYouLifestyleOkayNeedEmpty

But life is tough and if you're creative, it's tougher.

Bobby Short

LifeCreativeToughYouTougher

I want to encourage people. One of the things I do encourage people is that - that Internet is a place where we should share our ideas and be positive, not negative.

Ansel Elgort

PositivePeopleIdeasNegativePlace

A savage review is much more entertaining for the reader than an admiring one; the little misanthrope in each of us relishes the rubbishing of someone else.

Arthur Smith

SomeoneMoreReviewSavageLittle

No one knows the Senate better than Joe Biden; he lived there for 35 years.

William M. Daley

BetterYearsLivedSenateKnowsHe

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