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13535 quotesTo rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.
Government
Jose Ortega Y Gasset
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We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that we may succeed in surviving.
Thoughts and Thinking
Jose Ortega Y Gasset
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The days are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?
Conflict
Margaret Gatty
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Art is either plagiarism or revolution.
Arts and Artists
Paul Gauguin
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Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?
Philosophers and Philosophy
Paul Gauguin
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Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
Churches
Charles De Gaulle
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
Action
Charles De Gaulle
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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains, they drown in every drop.
Diplomacy
Charles De Gaulle
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France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war.
Battles
Charles De Gaulle
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I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Politicians and Politics
Charles De Gaulle
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I respect only those who resist me; but I cannot tolerate them.
Opposition
Charles De Gaulle
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
Mastery
Charles De Gaulle
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Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
Authority
Charles De Gaulle
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
Silence
Charles De Gaulle
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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.
Politicians and Politics
Charles De Gaulle
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
Humility
Charles De Gaulle
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The sword is the axis of the world, and grandeur is indivisible.
World
Charles De Gaulle
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Treaties are like roses and young girls -- they last while they last
Treaties
Charles De Gaulle
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Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.
Imagination
Jules de Gaultier
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Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.
Coward and Cowardice
John Gay
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Fill it up. I take as large draughts of liquor as I did of love. I hate a flincher in either.
Alcohol and Alcoholism
John Gay
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I must have women -- there is nothing unbends the mind like them.
Men and Women
John Gay
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No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.
Victory
John Gay
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No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die whove no retreat.
Uncategorised
John Gay
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O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on.
Flirting
John Gay
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun