Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BehaviorPerfectBornIndifference

The purpose that brought the fourteenth amendment into being was equality before the law, and equality, not separation, was written into the law.

Robert Bork

PurposeEqualityLawSeparation

I usually do at least a dozen drafts and progressively make more-conscious decisions. Because I've always believed stories are closer to poems than novels, I spend a lot of time on the story's larger rhythms, such as sentence and paragraph length, placement of flashbacks and dialogue.

Ron Rash

TimeStoryDecisionsAlwaysDialogue

The reason I haven't got an agent is so that no one can contact me to offer me a film part. In case I'm tempted to do something I'll regret later.

Jaye Davidson

MeRegretReasonContactSomething

Police work in major cities - and New York is no exception - has always been vulnerable to corruption. Teddy Roosevelt built his career on it.

Don Winslow

WorkPoliceNew YorkCorruptionNew

You've got to coach worrying about your entire team: whether that gets you a championship or whether that gets you fired. I think it allows you to coach free. You're coaching with freedom because you know you're doing what you think is right.

Doc Rivers

FreedomTeamFreeThinkDoingYou

I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog.

Davy Crockett

DogManPuppyLittleWouldRather

I am spoiled, it's true. I don't even know how to use that thing in the kitchen with the burners.

Cindy Margolis

I AmKitchenKnowTrueSpoiledEven

I started reading when I was about three, a little over three.

Chuck Jones

ReadingThreeOverLittleStarted

I like a very dark house, just black. I sit there and just think. Once I'm still and quiet inside, I'll begin. It's very personal; it has to be. One song may be Bach, the next blues, a song from TV, or a nursery rhyme or jazz piece.

Bobby McFerrin

SongBlackThinkHouseDarkJazz

The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.

Arthur Conan Doyle

BeautifulPresentSmilingSinLondon

If I could stomach the awful part of being a veterinarian, which involves sticking your hand up animals' behinds, I would be a vet.

Allison Janney

AnimalsHandUpStomachVeterinarian

There isn't really precedent for asylum seekers' being criminally prosecuted at the border before they've had a 'credible fear' hearing. You come seeking asylum. Seeking asylum is not illegal.

Pramila Jayapal

FearBorderYouHearingBeingCome

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