Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodMemoryNot Good EnoughEnough

'Love Is Strange' was just a beautiful experience in so many ways.

John Lithgow

LoveBeautifulExperienceLove Is

A small minority of strokes are hemorrhagic strokes, which are caused by bleeding into the brain when a blood vessel bursts.

Michael Greger

BrainSmallBloodMinorityVessel

I think producers are more interested in backing concepts than directors and writers. I don't think that's the right way of making a decision about whether you're going to back a film or not.

Steven Spielberg

DecisionThinkYouBackWayRight

So that when I came to New York again, it was, I'm not too sure right now, but it was '74 or '75. I went to Miami in '74 and then I came to New York, I think, at the end of '74.

Ruben Blades

New YorkThinkEndMiamiNewNow

I was hoping he would get up so I could hit him again and keep him down.

Mike Tyson

DownHimUpKeepGetAgain

I've been watching a lot of cable shows like 'The Wire' and 'Breaking Bad' and 'Downton Abbey.' I love how real the moments are.

Jay Chandrasekhar

LoveMomentsBadWatchingRealBeen

I've done a lot of things and I've been a lot of people, but now I've come to realize who I am.

Bobby Darin

I AmPeopleDoneNowRealizeThings

I think when you're being creative, you still attach it to reality somehow.

Brian Stelfreeze

CreativeThinkRealityYouBeing

Infancy is what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity.

Antonio Porchia

RestBrevityExtremeEternalInfancy

I enjoy horse riding, tennis, yoga and running - it helps to clear my head, and I can do bits of yoga in between filming.

Anthony Howell

HorseEnjoyI CanTennisRiding

If you're a 50-year-old guy, and you're sitting around the house with - you know, and just getting fatter, feeling sorry for yourself, get up and move your body and see what it does to your life and to your mind and to your happiness and to your energy levels. And I get all that from boxing.

Peter Berg

LifeHappinessYourselfMindEnergy

I worked at a local country club that I never belonged to. I did random tasks in the pro shop and supposed to be in charge of the register, but that didn't go so well. They quickly realized I was better with people, not computers.

Shelley Hennig

PeopleRandomComputersBetterGo

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