Baltasar Gracian Quotes

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave.

Baltasar Gracian

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: spanish
  • Birth: January 8, 1601 - December 6, 1658

Topics

PeopleYouMissedMattersLeave

The only time I commit to conspiracy theories is when something way retarded happens. Like Lee Harvey Oswald acting alone.

Joe Rogan

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I once attended an advertising conference held at the Greenbrier Hotel in 1968. The dean of the original Mad Men, the great David Ogilvy, was the keynote speaker. The subject of his speech was the new creative revolution in advertising.

Jerry Della Femina

GreatMenCreativeAdvertisingHotel

If Nora Roberts were a man, she'd be on the cover of big business magazines as the next Charles Dickens.

Ann Maxwell

BusinessManSheNextBigCover

Although finding fruit flies in your wine or beer can be a bit annoying, I hope people will pause to admire the tenacity of these clever little creatures. They are really just hungry animals looking for something to eat, and have no intention of ruining your happy hour.

Michael Dickinson

HopeBeerHappyPeopleFruitWine

What scares me about drone strikes is how they are perceived around the world. The resentment created by American use of unmanned strikes... is much greater than the average American appreciates. They are hated on a visceral level, even by people who've never seen one or seen the effects of one.

Stanley A. McChrystal

PeopleMeWorldAmericanNeverSeen

My grandparents were always farmers.

Travis Fimmel

FarmersGrandparentsAlwaysWere

I grew up mostly with classical, big band, and a lot of Irish music - I really didn't start listening to rock and roll until I was maybe sixteen.

Moira Kelly

MusicListeningStartRock And Roll

There's a good family of actors in 'Portlandia.' It's a small community with people who pop up again and again. The show's a little weird show, and you want to grow with the people who are in it, like Dana who plays the chicken waitress, and Ellen who was the adult babysitter.

Jonathan Krisel

FamilyGoodCommunityPeopleSmall

I've always loved the fans in Scotland and have a little Scottish blood of my own.

Dolly Parton

LovedBloodMy OwnAlwaysOwnFans

I want to be a professional.

Chris Burke

ProfessionalWant

I was writing from the time I was 12 years old, but I originally wanted to be a novelist.

Christopher McQuarrie

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Just about every Latin American country has sent players to the big leagues, from the Dominican Republic to Costa Rica.

Cheech Marin

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