Marcel Proust Quotes

Lies are essential to humanity. They are perhaps as important as the pursuit of pleasure and moreover are dictated by that pursuit.

Marcel Proust

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: July 10, 1871 - November 18, 1922

Topics

HumanityImportantPleasurePursuit

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Jim Rohn

GoalsWisdomDisciplineBridge

It is hard for 2 creative people to work together for that length of time and not fall out.

Jim Sullivan

WorkTimeTogetherCreativePeople

I would go through my mother's makeup kit, and I think she thought it was really cute. I was only three or four years old.

Andreja Pejic

MotherCuteMakeupThinkThoughtGo

Our children can achieve great things when we set high expectations for them.

Jeb Bush

ChildrenGreatExpectationsAchieve

It's hard to make a clear line between what is political business and what is state business.

Steve Bullock

BusinessPoliticalHardLineClear

Man is never perfect nor contented.

Jules Verne

ManPerfectNeverContentedNor

Every guy I touch, it's the same result. When I land, it's like seeing one of those preachers on TV. When I touch them, they fall out.

Deontay Wilder

ResultFallSeeingTouchLandOut

What is the truth? Is it what you experience? Is it what I experience? Or is there some objective truth in between?

Claire Messud

TruthExperienceTruth IsYouSome

Jerry Bruckheimer has made millions of dollars producing propaganda.

Brendan Sexton III

PropagandaMadeDollarsMillions

I've seen some terrible plays, but I generally enjoy myself. One play I walked out of, I have a tremendous respect for the author. That was Robert Wilson, something called 'Network,' which consisted of Wilson sitting on a bunk, the dialogue of the movie 'Network' looped in while a chair on a rope went up and down.

August Wilson

RespectMyselfEnjoyChairPlayOut

When I was younger, my mother and I, we'd have these crazy, crazy fights. Everyone would storm out mad, and the only way that I'd be able to express myself was to write her. We would write letters back and forth for days. When I'm writing, I feel uninterrupted. I write what I'm going through and how I see it.

Alicia Keys

MotherMyselfStormCrazyWriting

You won't believe it, but my grandfather named me. And the choices were between Sparkle, Sprinkle and Twinkle. So, thank God, they chose Twinkle.

Twinkle Khanna

GodMeBelieveSparkleThank God

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