Victor Hugo Quotes

We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the apparent enormities of the present.

Victor Hugo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: February 26, 1802 - May 22, 1885

Topics

TimePastPresentSeeTelescope

Most people are embarrassed to admit there's another human being that's in control of them, that your heart beats three times as fast because you've given yourself to someone else.

Jerry Lewis

HeartYourselfPeopleControlYou

With 'Sweetback,' I just put it together a little bit at a time. I didn't do it on anybody's grant. I did it like any other young executive - by cheating and stealing!

Melvin Van Peebles

TimeTogetherCheatingYoungLittle

Warhol was proof that you can be revolutionary without being militant.

Maurizio Cattelan

YouWithoutBeingProofMilitant

A good story is elegantly wrapped, and the child discovers things bit by bit.

Robert Ingpen

GoodChildStoryThingsGood Story

My first responsibility is to keep America safe.

Jeff Fortenberry

ResponsibilityAmericaFirstSafe

For example, I tend to personally reward myself for specific acts of exceptional discipline.

Robert Vaughn

MyselfDisciplineRewardExample

The thing I hate most is false modesty. The artists who are, like, 'Oh, you know, I'm really not that good. Oh, I can't believe I'm here.' I find it vaguely sinister, even.

Rufus Wainwright

GoodHateBelieveYouFindKnow

I am a huge fan of Sheila Hicks.

Michelle Grabner

I AmFanAmHuge FanHuge

We have a version of Firefox for mobile devices, codenamed Fennec. That's a type of fox - South American, I think, with giant ears.

Mitchell Baker

ThinkAmericanFoxMobileEarsType

Every first thing is always a miracle. The first person you fall in love with. The first letter you receive. The first stone you throw. And in my conception of the novel, the letter becomes important. But what's more important is the fact that we need to continue to tell each other stories.

Colum McCann

LoveYouFallStonePersonNeed

Namor has shades of grey but always ends up doing the right thing. I've played characters with an edge - played villains if not super villains - and he's an anti-hero.

Brian Tee

Doing The Right ThingDoingEdgeGrey

I've been composing music all my life and if I'd been clever enough at school I would like to have gone to music college.

Anthony Hopkins

LifeMusicSchoolCollegeMy Life

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