Hannah Arendt Quotes

The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are but different means chosen to arrive at it.

Hannah Arendt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: October 14, 1906 - December 4, 1975

Topics

HappinessMenEndDesireLiving

I hate watching me. I hate watching me. It just makes me feel awful. I think, 'I look stupid from that angle. I wish I didn't let them put that shirt on me.'

Jesse Eisenberg

HateMeStupidThinkWishLook

With these kinds of proposals, the devil is in the details. We're going to examine this realignment closely. We will fight any measure that compromises our needs - now or in the future.

John B. Larson

FutureFightDetailsDevilMeasure

A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.

Maurice Maeterlinck

TruthValueTrueMoreBecauseMost

When I die, I'd like' Friends' to be listed behind 'helping people.'

Matthew Perry

PeopleFriendsDieHelping People

I've definitely seen huge shifts, but the church is a little afraid of hip-hop, and hip-hop is a little afraid of the church. It's a weird middle area I'm often stuck in.

Trip Lee

WeirdChurchHip-HopAfraidMiddle

You will always move toward anyone who increases you and away from anyone who makes you less.

Mike Murdock

YouWillAlwaysAwayMoveWho

As I found while leading special operations forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, if the problem is interconnected, your organization must be, as well.

Chris Fussell

OrganizationProblemSpecialWell

All of the muscles were gone, so that was a real tough time of rebuilding all of that. But you have a deadline, you have an obligation. You've said that you will commit to this part, and I just can't live with myself for not really giving it as much as I can.

Christian Bale

LiveTimeMyselfToughGivingYou

I'm a producer. I'm a musician. And my job is to come in and, you know, put - you know, I treat all of the artists that I work with, like, you know, the way da Vinci was looking at Mona Lisa, you know, there's an interesting backdrop.

Pharrell Williams

WorkJobLookingTreatInteresting

It's very difficult to read a book on your computer.

Paulo Coelho

BookDifficultComputerReadYour

When you don't have anything to lose, you discover something wonderful: you're free to take great risks without fear or reservation.

Tullian Tchividjian

FearGreatRisksFreeYouLose

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.

Thomas Jefferson

StrengthBusinessHopeChallenge

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