Giscard D Quotes

#1. True achievement in any sphere of action depends upon real ability, and a strong, deep, whole-souled love.

Christian D. Larson

#2. Public opinion will be led to adopt, without knowing it, the proposals that we dare not present to them directly [ ... ] All the earlier proposals will be in the new text, but will be hidden and disguised in some way.

Valery Giscard D'Estaing

#3. Let things bother you. The times today are too dangerous for the young and the smart to be not bothered.

Sharad Vivek Sagar

#4. You can't build a society purely on interests, you need a sense of belonging

Valery Giscard D'Estaing

#5. The partnerships between Schmidt and Giscard, Kohl and Mitterrand, and even between Chirac and Schroeder, have proved that political differences do not mean that we cannot work together.

Francois Hollande

#6. Self-abuse is shockingly common, especially among people who have been conditioned to believe that they are to blame when things go wrong.

Anna J. Michener

#7. The way to lessen the grip of the Tea Party on the electoral process would be to do what a handful have done and have a primary where all voters, members of every party, can vote, and the top two vote-getters then enter a runoff.

Chuck Schumer

#8. He who gives to the poor, lends to the Lord. But it may be said, not improperly, the Lord lends to us to give to the poor.

William Penn

#9. We have sown a seed ... Instead of a half-formed Europe, we have a Europe with a legal entity, with a single currency, common justice, a Europe which is about to have its own defence.

Valery Giscard D'Estaing

#10. I really don't want to say things such as 'I want to go back as how things were before.' I recognize how I am right now, and I will continue to live on.

Aya Kito

#11. I beg your pardon? Robson says.
One thing Waterhouse likes about these Brits is that when they don't know what the hell you're talking about, they are at least open to the possibility that it might be their fault.

Neal Stephenson

#12. Hay una estrella mas abierta
que la palabra 'amapola'?
Is there a star more wide open
than the word 'poppy?

Pablo Neruda

#13. Since emotions are few and reasons are many (said the robot Giscard) the behavior of a crowd can be more easily predicted than the behavior of one person.

Isaac Asimov

#14. She hated him with the white hot passion of a thousand suns.

Emma Carr

#15. Let's be clear about this. The rejection of the constitution was a mistake that will have to be corrected.

Valery Giscard D'Estaing

#16. When I was a wee little kid," remarked Roic, watching over their shoulders, "there was a time I thought that any skinny old man I saw was my grandfather. It was pretty confusing.

Lois McMaster Bujold

#17. The home of every soul is not among another's glory, but should be within another's soul.

Yixing Zhang