Honore Gabriel Riqueti Quotes & Sayings

None, but people of strong passion are capable of rising to greatness. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

The little wisdom that the world possesses, was introduced by lunatics. — Honore-Gabriel Riqueti De Mirabeau

It's my job to find the cornel of truth and then exaggerate, exaggerate, exaggerate until it's of an appropriate scale. — Claire Danes

I shall make it my chief business to see that the [royal] executive power has its place in the constitution. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

The United States is no longer a nation that has a government. It is now a government that has a nation. — David Ellsworth

Theatre probably originated without texts, but by the time we get to the classical Greek period, theatre has become text-based. — Tom Stoppard

Short absence quickens love; long absence kills it. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

War is the national industry of Prussia. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Never let me hear that foolish word again. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

My gosh, if you're going away, we got a million things to talk about! All the things we would've talked about next month, the month after! Praying mantises, zeppelins, acrobats, sword swallowers! — Ray Bradbury

I think that perhaps if I had had to slow down the ideas so that I could capture them on paper I might have stifled some of them. — J.K. Rowling

We need to be very careful to go to the pages of the Scripture to learn about God's will and the leading of the Spirit, and not simply to listen to the popular teachings of the Christian subculture in which we live. — R.C. Sproul

When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town's in trouble. — Edward Abbey

Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

I know you will guess all I leave unsaid. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

Nothing is impossible to the man who will — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

If honesty did not exist, we ought to invent it as the best means of getting rich. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

It took them a while to catch on that Batman would be the greatest. — Bob Kane

I sing in Hungarian. I read Hungarian. I do not pretend to speak Hungarian, but I sing in languages that I have studied as languages. And I find that to be central and very, very helpful. I think if you're not really cognizant of what every single word means, I think that might be a little tricky. — Jessye Norman

All immigration is based on misapprehension. — Mavis Gallant

To administer is to govern: to govern is to reign. That is the essence of the problem. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

This is my child. The child that could, and will, change the course of my life. You couldn't understand, and I don't expect you to. The future holds nothing but pain for me. Pain and loneliness. I don't have hopes or aspirations. I can't even contemplate what is to come. Because I know there's nothing but nothing. — D.H. Sidebottom

For the will cannot be forced into such iniquity by anything superior or equal to it, since that would be unjust; or by anything inferior to it, since that is impossible. — Augustine Of Hippo

Don't let school interfere with your education. — Mark Twain

It's okay to be a bit chubby, but I want you to be healthy. Not just for what we do, but because I want you to be around for a long time. — Robert Dahlen

Love has the power of making you believe what you would normally treat with the deepest suspicion. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

When one meddles with the direction of a revolution, the problem is not how to make it go but how to keep it under control. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau