Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don't know where I would be without it.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GiftKnowAlwaysWithoutAdmiration

Work and pray, live on hay, you'll get pie in the sky when you die.

Joe Hill

WorkLiveSkyDieYouPie

Because Melissa McCarthy actually is a fat woman, she isn't allowed to make brash statements about body acceptance. She has to apologize for her body.

Jennifer Armintrout

WomanAcceptanceFatBodySheHer

Because what's going on now, and this applies mostly to television stations in the largest markets too, but TV stations basically are now the primary receivers of campaign spending.

Robert McChesney

TelevisionNowGoingBecauseMarkets

We say, 'The market plummets,' like it's some roaring creature.

Robert Harris

SayRoaringMarketLikeSome

I don't support gay marriage. I'm just not there, as far as believing in my heart that we should change 2,000 years of social policy in favor of a redefinition of the family.

Matt Salmon

FamilyChangeMarriageHeartSupport

People will pay more to be entertained than educated.

Johnny Carson

PeopleWillMorePayEducatedThan

Never, never have a famous partner. It's too complicated.

Robyn Davidson

PartnerFamousComplicatedNeverToo

Marxism is a revolutionary worldview that must always struggle for new revelations.

Rosa Luxemburg

StruggleNewAlwaysWorldviewMust

Little white lies are part of everyday life. If you're in court being charged with a felony, you're probably going to be tempted to lie. Or if your girlfriend asks you if the sweater she is wearing makes her look fat; you're going to lie because you love that person. There are different reasons and justifications to lie; it's human nature.

Monica Raymund

LifeNatureLoveLieFatLook

No one likes a show-off, but if parallel parking was an Olympic sport, I would get gold, no probs.

Miranda Hart

GoldParkingGetWouldOlympic

I have an architecture degree; that's what my college degree is in. And that sucked. I started doing Web and CD-ROM development really early on, and then that grew into being an art director and doing advertising work.

Jonathan Hickman

WorkArtArchitectureCollegeDoing

From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be part of American cultural myth and thus they figure into good American poetry, whether the poet is aware of what he is doing or not.

Diane Wakoski

GoodPoetryReadingAmericanDoing

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