Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: September 15, 1613 - March 17, 1680

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PeopleSayingThinkingConversation

Really, ambition has gone. I look for things that tickle my fancy. You begin to see the end of life on the horizon. You think, 'It's not going on forever, this.' Let's make the most of what time I have left.

Jeremy Irons

LifeTimeAmbitionThinkEndLook

My little brothers can ask me any question in the world, and if I've got the answer, I'm going to give it to them.

Stefon Diggs

MeWorldQuestionAskLittleAnswer

'Days Before Rodeo' is just the journey of me finding out who I am.

Travis Scott

JourneyI AmMeFindingOutDays

Things that I consider bad qualities, I always try and figure out where they are coming from. I don't consider ambition to be a bad one. It's served me very well in my life. Very well.

Rob Lowe

LifeMeAmbitionMy LifeBadTry

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

EffortHurtOnlyBegins

Right next to my bedroom, Dad made a chin-up bar with a rowing machine and a treadmill. From there, as years went by, we were able to get a bit of funding, and Dad got all these people involved and built a gym at home.

Joseph Parker

HomePeopleGymBedroomRightBar

Unless we understand a certain material - metal or resin and plastic - understanding the processes that turn it from ore, for example - we can never develop and define form that's appropriate.

Jonathan Ive

UnderstandingUnderstandNeverTurn

When you're a young talent, and you want to launch your brand, you always have tons of questions: Where should I produce? Should I launch a second line? Should I do shoes, accessories? If you have someone who can coach you and give you advice and help you find the right supplier, it's a big help.

Delphine Arnault

ShoesTalentBrandAdviceHelpYou

I kind of go where the wind blows, and TV has just been how I make a living so far.

David Walton

WindGoKindLivingWhereBeen

I think it is probably more important to attend specialized conventions for a journeyman writer than any other, but it's useful at all stages of a career, if for nothing else, to find out how the industry is working at any given time.

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

TimeThinkCareerFindImportant

In the world's eyes, what they know of me is from the blogs. What they know is from the media.

Christina Milian

EyesMeWorldMediaKnowBlogs

Death is the great hope of all life; the desire to expend itself; to be used and consumed by its own longing for itself.

Bryant H. McGill

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