Preissac Quebec Quotes & Sayings

Speech belongs half to the speaker, half to the listener. — Michel De Montaigne

This reasoning is based on the wishful thinking that genius can only be earned through education and hard work. It denies the time-proven truth that genius can strike like a random bolt of lightning, at any time in any place, even in a humble glover's home in a small town in Elizabethan England. — Andrea Mays

I did my 'Hulk,' but it was not easy. If I do another Hulk film it will always be compared to the Ang Lee thing, and my first one ... if I come back, I'd love to do another superhero, something different that I can really put my touch on. — Louis Leterrier

Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance,
And toss them on the wheels of Chance. — Juvenal

The Pentagon as a legitimate target? I actually don't have an opinion on that and it's important I not have an opinion on that as I sit here in my capacity right now. — David Westin

We are uneasy with an affectionate man, for we are positive he wants something of us, particularly our love. — Edward Dahlberg

The man whom no one pleases is much more unhappy than the man who pleases no one. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Should I become President ... I will not risk American lives ... by permitting any other nation to drag us into the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time through an unwise commitment that is unwise militarily, unnecessary to our security and unsupported by our allies. — John F. Kennedy

I always wanted to be a feature filmmaker and tried to treat that experience as some sort of elite film school where I could learn the craft, and got paid to learn the craft. — Mark Romanek

My best career moments have come being a fan first. Because that's why we love sports, and that's why I got into sports - those highs and lows on that roller coaster ride that I don't want to get off - because I enjoy the highs as much as I enjoy the lows. The highs are even better when you experience the lows, and that can apply when rooting for your favorite sports team or your career. It's also important not to get too high or too low, and it's also important not to listen to the noise. You just have to do it for you in those career moments because they're gonna come. — Linda Cohn

Towards the end it got really rough. I take my hat of to Alice, he's still doing it. This is probably more work than going on the road for 2-3 months. I wish I was 25 again! — Michael Owen Bruce

Writers, particularly poets, always feel exiled in some way - people who don't exactly feel at home, so they try to find a home in language. — Natasha Trethewey

Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness. — Jean Vanier

My dad worked as an executive at Lockheed Aircraft and worked on the U-2 and things like that. My mother was a homemaker, and she was vice-president of the Democratic Council of California back in the '50s. — Robert Englund

If the small government concept grows, we have fewer dollars leaving our pockets, we have more folks motivated to make a profit. — Tim Scott