Claudere Quotes & Sayings

There were only certain intimacies one could hope to survive. — Damon Galgut

The one happiness is to shut one's door upon a little room, with a table before one, and to create; to create life in that isolation from life. — Eleonora Duse

Without doubt, princes become great when they overcome the difficulties and obstacles by which they are confronted, and therefore fortune, especially when she desires to make a new prince great, who has a greater necessity to earn renown than an hereditary one, causes enemies to arise and form designs against him, in order that he may have the opportunity of overcoming them, and by them to mount higher, as by a ladder which his enemies have raised. For this reason, many consider that a wise prince, when he has the opportunity, ought with craft to foster some animosity against himself so that, having crushed it, his renown may rise higher. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Life is a soap bubble, says Chekhov. And mine just burst. — Nicolas Barreau

I can't impress people with the pedigree of obscure French filmmakers that got me into film. It was Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. I really thought I wanted to make dumb action movies. — Doug Liman

I'm struggling with what is epic. People decided I was epic - if by epic, do you mean a big, heavy book? 'David Copperfield' is a big book - is it epic? Amount of time covered, length, drama, or story - that's the real appeal - if the story is long you have a better chance of becoming more connected. — Patrick Rothfuss

I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Just before Obama's nationally televised campaign kickoff rally last Feb. 10, the candidate disinvited Wright from giving the public invocation. Wright explained: 'When [Obama's] enemies find out that in 1984 I went to Tripoli' to visit Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, 'a lot of his Jewish support will dry up quicker than a snowball in hell.'

According to Wright, Obama then told him, 'You can get kind of rough in the sermons, so what we've decided is that it's best for you not to be out there in public.' But privately, Obama and his family prayed with Wright just before the presidential announcement. — Ronald Kessler

Misers makes money their lord, but the spenders makes it their slaves and servants — Michael Bassey Johnson

Healthy curiosity is a great key in innovation. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

When it comes to working out, I really don't like the gym. I go because I have to, but I'm usually not happy about it. I do what my trainer and coaches tell me to do, but I'm always anxious to get outside. — Nate Holland

He kissed me. A desperate, hungry, wild, make me forget the past and the future kind of kiss. — R.K. Lilley