Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes

A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FaithWiseDoingNeverAgainstKeep

I'm never going to be inspired by some obscure film, which isn't to say I don't enjoy that sort of thing. I just want to share my work with everyone.

Jeremy Scott

WorkEnjoySayWantNeverObscure

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

PeopleYouthImpossibleGrowBecome

The American television industry is a Darwinian environment where success is usually measured in inches, not yards. That is, for most TV media, audiences have gotten so small that one measures 'victories' in tenths of a point - as in, a 2.2 percent share is a great leap over a 2.1 percent share.

Steve Bannon

SuccessGreatSmallAmericanMedia

The thing I like most in my kitchen is my marble counters. Everybody said not to use marble because it's fragile, it stains, it cracks, and it doesn't remain beautiful. But I love marble.

Ruth Reichl

LoveBeautifulKitchenSaidFragile

I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.

Michel de Montaigne

TruthSpeakGrowDareMoreLittle

I do portraits. I usually do live models in a class environment, but I've been painting at home more. I really love the human form, and I love faces. I've tried to do landscapes a few times.

Michelle Pfeiffer

LoveHomeLivePaintingEnvironment

People are still crazy about Python after twenty-five years, which I find hard to believe.

Michael Palin

PeopleCrazyBelieveFindHard

I'm competitive, so I don't like to feel marginalized by the people who sell a lot of records.

Liz Phair

PeopleFeelCompetitiveSellRecords

Literature is a far more ancient and viable thing than any social formation or state. And just as the state interferes in literature, literature has the right to interfere in the affairs of state.

Joseph Brodsky

LiteratureMoreRightSocialAncient

Sharing the same meal reaffirms kinship.

Deng Ming-Dao

SharingSameMealKinship

I began to think that there was a place for 'Footloose' to get retold again, that there was actually a more conducive political climate, an emotional climate to explore a town that has experienced a trauma and a shock, and starts overreacting.

Craig Brewer

ThinkPoliticalPlaceExploreTrauma

I'm the policy-maker; I'm the lawmaker.

Chuck Grassley

ThinkBetterI ThinkLess

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