Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleOthersSome PeopleFaults

But we must take other steps, such as increasing conservation, developing an ethanol industry, and increasing CAFE standards if we are to make our country safer by cutting our reliance on foreign oil.

Jim Costa

CountryOilCafeStandardsIndustry

There are plenty of problems in the world, many of them interconnected. But there is no problem which compares with this central, universal problem of saving the human race from extinction.

John Foster Dulles

WorldProblemsProblemRaceHuman

People get some success, they get some money, they get some power, and they put themselves on this pedestal above other people. They forget people and try to fit in with their new crews they think they need to be around with. I didn't believe that. I'm still human being.

Max Holloway

SuccessPowerMoneyPeopleBelieve

That artists are called to be more responsible and 'true' is a tip of hat to their power.

Anna Deavere Smith

PowerHatTrueMoreResponsibleTip

When you work in Norway, you actually have to have a contract about lunches because Norwegians don't eat lunch normally, so they just throw out a loaf of bread and some coldcuts.

Stellan Skarsgard

WorkLunchYouBreadEatOut

If I see someone wearing Hilfiger it makes me proud, but then I wonder what I could do to make the style more relevant for them next year?

Tommy Hilfiger

StyleMeProudSomeoneYearWonder

To create jobs, a modern economy requires modern investments.

Martin O'Malley

CreateEconomyModernInvestments

I like crime thrillers. I like heist movies.

Jason Statham

MoviesCrimeLikeThrillers

I've been told I have pretty big hands my whole life.

Jared Goff

LifeHandsPrettyBigWholeBeen

I'm not patient - and I'm getting more impatient as I get older - but I am disciplined about writing, and I want that on my tombstone: 'He wasn't patient, but he was disciplined.'

Douglas Coupland

I AmWritingWantMorePatientGet

I'm a total goof. When I'm being really comfortable with my friends, I can be very goofy.

Ansel Elgort

FriendsI CanComfortableGoofyVery

The role of TV at the core of the family is that of an electric nanny.

Pedro Reyes

FamilyCoreRoleNannyTVElectric

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld