Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

StrongEnoughOthersBear

You can only follow what's on your mind. In fact, a song is something you write because you can't sleep unless you write it.

Joe Strummer

SleepMindSongYouWriteFollow

The results would have stayed on the watch face until the batteries died. But trying to make time stand still this way would have been a mistake. It is just as important to erase times eventually as to save them at first.

Joe Henderson

TimeMistakeFaceStandTryingWay

'The Magic Flute,' I think, is fundamentally asking what is it to change people's consciousness.

Simon McBurney

ChangePeopleThinkMagicAsking

The film director, in many instances, has to swallow somebody else's decision about the final form of something. It's so hard as to be intolerable.

Trevor Nunn

DecisionHardDirectorFinalFilm

I can't remember a time when I wasn't inspired by 'Star Wars.'

Tony DiTerlizzi

TimeRememberInspiredStarWars

The soul, cramped among the petty vexations of Earth, needs to keep its windows constantly open to the invigorating air of large and free ideas: and what thought is so grand as that of an ever-present God, in whom all that is vital in humanity breathes and grows?

Lucy Larcom

GodSoulIdeasFreeThoughtEarth

Years ago, I was performing, and people kept calling out for 'Puppy Love' and I just didn't want to. Then I thought I'd have some fun, so we did this insane heavy metal version of it. The applause was polite.

Donny Osmond

LoveFunPeopleThoughtWantPuppy

I never give up hope.

Dean Ornish

Never Give UpHopeNeverUpGive

I'm not really out in the world all that much. I mean, I live with no phone signal, in the hills surrounded by trees, and I have, like, a mom and two baby deer that come by all the time, and my dogs and the squirrels are in a full-on feud every morning.

Brie Larson

LiveMorningTimeBabyMomWorld

In school I studied international business and marketing, so I've always been attracted to business.

Apolo Ohno

BusinessSchoolMarketingAlways

So, I simply switched over to wine because it was not carbonated.

Peter Steele

WineOverBecauseSimplySwitched

I introduced myself to then-Lieutenant General Petraeus and told him about my research interests; he gave me his card and offered to put me in touch with other researchers and service members working on the same issues.

Paula Broadwell

MyselfServiceMeResearchTouchHe

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld