Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LovePeopleAshamedBeenWhoFew

My grandfather, on my father's side, helped to draft one of the first constitutions of China. He was a fairly well-known scholar.

Maya Lin

FatherGrandfatherFirstSideChina

But if we learn to think of it as anticipation, as learning, as growing, if we think of the time we spend waiting for the big things of life as an opportunity instead of a passing of time, what wonderful horizons open out!

Anna Neagle

LifeLearningOpportunityTimeThink

We feel bound to the Christian image of humanity - that is what defines us. Those who do not accept this are in the wrong place here.

Angela Merkel

FeelChristianHumanityWrongPlace

I cannot be understood in three minutes.

Sidney Poitier

ThreeCannotUnderstoodMinutes

Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.

Mary Catherine Bateson

GoodFearGood TeacherTeacher

The atmospheric CO2 concentration is rising - mainly due to the burning of fossil fuels. It's agreed that this build-up will, in itself, induce a long-term warming trend, superimposed on all the other complicated effects that make climate fluctuate.

Martin Rees

ComplicatedWillRisingTrendMake

Felons are typically stripped of the very rights supposedly won in the civil rights movement, including the right to vote, the right to serve on juries, and the right to be free of legal discrimination in employment, housing, access to education, and public benefits. They're relegated to a permanent undercaste.

Michelle Alexander

EducationFreeLegalDiscrimination

If Bush does make it to the White House, he and Laura should have Ken Starr over for dinner.

Molly Ivins

DinnerHouseWhiteOverWhite House

One of the benefits of doing low-budget movies is you don't have to release them wide to recoup. You can release it in a smaller way, make your money back, and keep going.

Jason Blum

MoneyKeep GoingDoingYouBackWay

Every five years, I like to do a big birthday party. I had my 45th birthday with 75 friends in Marrakesh, Morocco.

Chip Conley

BirthdayFriendsPartyMoroccoBig

I know people heal by being able to tell the story - the whole story.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

PeopleStoryKnowTellBeingWhole

I hate to date myself, but my earliest memories are Flash Gordon. I would love playing Flash Gordon in the neighborhood.

Bruce Davison

LoveMemoriesMyselfHatePlaying

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