Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes

Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: May 3, 1469 - June 21, 1527

Topics

MenSimpleWillNeverObeyNeeds

My last novel, 'The Keep,' was very explicitly technological, about the quality of living in a state constantly surrounded by disembodied presences, and I was thinking very much about the online experience.

Jennifer Egan

ExperienceQualityThinkingLiving

21 years as CEO is a long time. I was and probably still am the longest serving CEO in America. Certainly I am in the media industry, bar none.

Michael Eisner

TimeI AmAmericaMediaLongBar

When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.

Tom Landry

WinGameLearnYouLoseWant

Property that endangers the safety of a nation should not be suffered to remain in the hands of its citizens.

Robert Dale Owen

SafetyHandsNationPropertyShould

I'm not always the most diplomatic person.

Roger Daltrey

PersonAlwaysMostDiplomatic

You know, when you start, especially with me, I didn't really know I was going to be a movie actress. I thought I was going to do theater.

Ludivine Sagnier

MeStartThoughtYouKnowGoing

I've always thought of Boeing as the premier aerospace company in the world, so as I was coming up through school, it was the company I aspired to work for.

Dennis Muilenburg

WorkSchoolWorldThoughtCompany

When I was growing up, there were very few women athletes. I remember watching Olga Corbett, but Peggy Fleming and Janet Lynn were my role models. I never dreamt that I could be at that level. I remember thinking they seemed so elegant and regal and powerful and feminine.

Dorothy Hamill

WomenGrowing UpThinkingPowerful

You have to talk about mistakes and then talk about what you have learned and how to move forward. You acknowledge missteps right away, you deal with them, and you move ahead.

Douglas Conant

MistakesForwardYouAheadTalk

The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as a way of life.

Christopher Lasch

LifeFamilyWaySameConsumerism

I started with Sam Cooke when I was 6 or 7 years old.

Bobby Womack

OldYearsStartedSamSam Cooke

There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy life.

William Lyon Phelps

LifeEnjoy LifePeopleEnjoyAdmit

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