Nohant George Quotes & Sayings

Photography is about being exquisitely present. — Joel Meyerowitz

In a government such as ours we have vigorous contests to determine who should lead. The recent election was no exception. Now we inaugurate a new government on a day that transcends any one individual or any one party. — Matt Blunt

When it's over for a woman, it's over. You're not getting an appeal. — Jack Nicholson

I loved [fairy stories] so, and my mother weighed down by grief had given up telling me them. At Nohant I found Mmes. d'Ardony's and Perrault's tales in old editions which became my chief joy for five or six years ... I've never read them since, but I could tell each tale straight through, and I don't think anything in all one's intellecutal life can be compared to these delights of imagination. — George Sand

The worst thing about being a blonde is that your entire body blushes - ears, throat, everything. Impossible to overlook. — Huntley Fitzpatrick

How do you know whether you're serious about your values? You fight for them when they're violated even if it costs you title, favor, friendship, and profit. — Assegid Habtewold

The goal of an end to poverty is so noble that governments have successfully used the end to justify the means. The means have been high taxation of the productive members of society and arrays of bureaucracies that increasingly regulate the lives of us all. 1 — Charles Murray

Between the ages of 8 and 12 it was difficult to know what my father was saying, and he moved very slowly, and then he died. — Colm Toibin