Girardin Quotes & Sayings

Fame is in the eyes of the beholder; that meant that even though the beholder thinks their famous, to millions of other people they are not...
Whereas some will see you as an idol and well-known when you do not see yourself as either. — Melina Turner

Instinct is the nose of the mind. — Delphine De Girardin

The power of words is immense. A well-chosen word has often sufficed to stop a flying army, to change defeat into victory and to save an empire. — Emile De Girardin

Proof that they do not understand the republic is that in their fine promises for universal suffrage, they forgot women. — Delphine De Girardin

Treasures are not for youth; at twenty years of age, one does not know how to be rich, or how to be loved. — Delphine De Girardin

Permission from the government is an expensive commodity. New ideas rarely have this kind of support. Old ideas often have deep legislative connections to defend them against the new. — Lawrence Lessig

Infidelity, like death, admits of no degrees. — Delphine De Girardin

I lost my parents when I was fairly young. — Craig T. Nelson

Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired. — Delphine De Girardin

You're you,' he repeats, his eyes full of grief. 'You're the same girl who crashed on this planet with me, who I dragged through forests and over mountains, who climbed through a shipwreck full of bodies to save my life. You're the same girl I loved, and I love you now. — Amie Kaufman

Moriston House is really quite beautiful. No wonder everyone wants to be murdered here.
--Roberta "Bobbie" Aldridge — Jennifer A. Girardin

The little bee returns with evening's gloom, To join her comrades in the braided hive, Where, housed beside their might honey-comb, They dream their polity shall long survive. — Charles Tennyson Turner

Eternal Inner Peace has to be cultivated daily. — Delphine De Girardin

Please don't complicate the investigation by offering an explanation that might actually be true.
--Marjorie Branell-Markson — Jennifer A. Girardin

There is only one proper way to wear a beautiful dress: to forget you are wearing it. — Delphine De Girardin

Death by misadventure sounds like a hopeful possibility.
--Marjorie Branell-Markson — Jennifer A. Girardin

History is the story of events, with praise or blame. — Cotton Mather

Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society. — Delphine De Girardin

The best religion is the most tolerant. — Delphine De Girardin

It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high. Some people, perhaps, would say that there was little to choose between the two ways, but Dumbledore knew - and so do I, thought Harry, with a rush of fierce pride, and so did my parents - that there was all the difference in the world. — J.K. Rowling

And at this point, spacey didn't even begin to describe it - she was catatonic without the commitment. — Mishna Wolff

To lead, one must anticipate those that would attempt to stand in your way. By planning smarter, anticipating, and leaving nothing to chance, you can prevail. — Kelly Walker

Your place in history depends on what you do for others, not what others do for you. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

Awareness, like wine, is always better for the vintage.
--Hugo Anstead — Jennifer A. Girardin

To love the one who loves you, To admire the one who admires you, In a word, to be the idol of one's idol, Is exceeding the limit of human joy; It is stealing fire from heaven. — Delphine De Girardin

For ages happiness has been represented as a huge precious stone, impossible to find, which people seek for hopelessly. It is not so; happiness is a mosaic, composed of a thousand little stones, which separately and of themselves have little value, but which united with art form a graceful design. — Delphine De Girardin

I hate unbreakable alibis--they are usually the first to crack.
--Hugo Anstead — Jennifer A. Girardin

Love with men is not a sentiment, but an idea. — Delphine De Girardin

Trap is a four-letter word, and like so many four-letter words it can mean something entirely else.
--Hugo Anstead — Jennifer A. Girardin

GamerGate is really a sexist temper tantrum. That's kind of a silly, funny way of putting it, but it's kind of what it feels like, right? They're going after and targeting women who are trying to make changes in the industry. They're attacking anyone who supports women. — Anita Sarkeesian

Business is other people's money. — Delphine De Girardin

most paleographers now believe that the "idea of writing" must have spread along with commerce, most likely from Sumer to Egypt.33 — William J. Bernstein