Duchesse Quotes

#1. The Princess of Parma was a Courvoisier in that she was incapable of innovation in social matters, but unlike the Courvoisiers in that the surprises the Duchesse de Guermantes perpetually held in store for her engendered in her not, as in them, antipathy but a sense of wonder.

Marcel Proust

#2. Her imperturbable self-confidence (Duchesse de Maine) caused Madame de Stael to write that the Duchesse believed in herself the same way she believed in God, without explanation or discussion.

Antonia Fraser

#3. Miss Edgeworth and Mme. de Stael have proved that there is no sex in style; and Mme. la Roche Jacqueline, and the Duchesse d'Angouleme have proved that there is no sex in courage.

Charles Caleb Colton

#4. For me, one of the things that I get excited about is getting in situations I shouldn't be in.

Nikki Sixx

#5. When anyone starts out to do something creative - especially if it seems a little unusual - they seek approval, often from those least inclined to give it. But a creative life cannot be sustained by approval, any more than it can be destroyed by criticism - you learn this as you go on.

Will Self

#6. The multitude is always in the wrong.

Paulo Freire

#7. I truly believe in the value that stories have in being able to elevate humanity and make the world a better place.

Stephanie Allain

#8. I don't really like to drink. I don't like the way alcohol feels or tastes. On occasion I'll do it as a social thing, just to kind of go, 'Hey! I did something with you guys!'

Reggie Watts

#9. Seeking what you get from others fuels the ego& depletes the soul.
Seeking what you can give others is where purpose& fulfillment begins.

Jen Groover

#10. You have to understand yourself before you can understand anything else.

Amy Zhang

#11. I like flowers, I also like children, but I do not chop their heads off and keep them in bowls of water around the house.

George Bernard Shaw

#12. Hatred and envy birth self-destruction in every heart that gives them a bed to breed in.

Brent Weeks

#13. I was going to be the best paper boy ever. I used my Sting-Ray bike and got the papers there after school. People know I porched everything. No roofs, no lawns. I stopped the bike and nailed it. And if I ever missed, I would go pick it up and do it right.

Gary Carter