Donnent Quotes

#1. Il ne faut point donner d'esprit a' ses personnages; mais savoir les placer dans des circonstances qui leur en donnent. You should not give wit to your characters, but know instead how to put them in situations which will make them witty.

Denis Diderot

#2. Humans, the most intelligent, gregarious(in biology), productive creatures on this planet but also the most selfish, destructive, heartless, insincere, insatiable creatures.

Myself

#3. Everyone saw me on TV or read articles, and it was all about my great marriage, the white picket fence, all this success and my perfect life. But behind the scenes, it was a struggle.

Lindsey Vonn

#4. You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!

John Lennon

#5. The status quo is never news, only challenges to it.

Malorie Blackman

#6. A sick body with a good heart is more beneficial to future lives than a fit, healthy body that is used for self-cherishing.

Thubten Zopa Rinpoche

#7. Nothing endures unless it has first been transposed into a myth, and the great advantage of myths is that they are ladies with portable roots.

Anais Nin

#8. If we stay at home and mind our business, who will want railroads?

Henry David Thoreau

#9. Some people get where they hope to in this world. Most of us don't.

James Agee

#10. In the next 50 years, the increasing importance of designing spaces for human communication and interaction will lead to expansion in those aspects of computing that are focused on people, rather than machinery.

Terry Winograd