English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Voltaire Quotes

Voltaire quote: "I like turtles"

I like turtles

Voltaire

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Ludwig Quidde quote: "Limitation of armaments in itself is economically and..."
Limitation of armaments in itself is economically and financially important quite apart from security. Ludwig Quidde
... with men it's rush, rush, rush, every minute. I'm glad I'm a sedentary spider."What does sedentary mean?" asked Wilbur."Means I sit still a good part of the time and don't go wandering all over creation. I know a good thing when I see it, and my web is a good thing. I stay put and wait for what comes. Gives me a chance to think. E. B. White
Don Marquis quote: "Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal..."
Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. Don Marquis
From authors whom I read more than once I learn to value the weight of words and to delight in their meter and cadence -- in Gibbon's polyphonic counterpoint and Guedalla's command of the subjunctive, in Mailer's hyperbole and Dillard's similes, in Twain's invectives and burlesques with which he set the torch of his ferocious wit to the hospitality tents of the world's colossal humbug . . . I know no other way out of what is both the maze of the eternal present and the prison of the self... Lewis H. Lapham
George Santayana quote: "Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness."
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness. George Santayana
Emil Zatopek quote: "An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run..."
An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head. Emil Zatopek
What is love? Sometimes it's just letting yourself be who and what you are, and letting the person you're supposed to love be who and what he is too. Or maybe what and who they are. Laurell K. Hamilton
Then I became a mother and it just fills every space, that isn't filled with something else important. It's just like this incredible balloon that blows up and fills life up. Thandie Newton
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small. Neil Armstrong
E. O. Wilson quote: "True character arises from a deeper well than religion."
True character arises from a deeper well than religion. E. O. Wilson
Brian Mulroney quote: "Trudeau's contribution was not to build Canada but to destroy..."
Trudeau's contribution was not to build Canada but to destroy it, and I had to come in and save it. Brian Mulroney
Donny Osmond quote: "Success sometimes can really bite you in the shorts."
Success sometimes can really bite you in the shorts. Donny Osmond
Adam Ant quote: "Prison's a walk in the park compared with being sectioned,..."
Prison's a walk in the park compared with being sectioned, mate, it really is. Adam Ant
Theodore Sturgeon quote: "Basically, fiction is people. You can't write fiction about..."
Basically, fiction is people. You can't write fiction about ideas. Theodore Sturgeon
Francesca Annis quote: "I think people have surgery for psychological reasons more..."
I think people have surgery for psychological reasons more than because of their looks. Francesca Annis