D.B.C. Pierre Quotes

I came from a wealthy family. I made over my share of the estate to various charities.

Obedience is a hard profession.

A liar is full of oaths.

If you betray me, can I take a better revenge than to love the person you hate?

After the war, prompted by the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, I entered Parliament so that a priest could speak out for the poor, as canon law at that time still permitted.

As for our gods, we have a few too many to be true.

Be a good craftsman; it won't stop you from being a genius.

A man enjoys the happiness he feels, a woman the happiness she gives.

I see, I know, I believe, I am undeceived.

He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.

What destroys one man preserves another.

When you pay attention to detail, the big picture will take care of itself.

It's always been pretty easy for me to exercise my imagination. The other part of the brain, the one that does mathematics, is a nightmare for me. It doesn't work at all.

The elements of justice are identical with those of algebra.

Some things I never learned to like. I didn't like to kiss babies, though I didn't mind kissing their mothers.

Train smart at all times and do your best to avoid injury. Training smart is more important than training hard.

Sound is the vocabulary of nature... noises are as well articulated as the words in a dictionary... Opposing the world of sound is the world of music.

Nothing really frustrates me to the point of hatred. It's not the worth the energy.

No matter how numerous they may be, mutations do not produce any kind of evolution.

I want to use every second of my life, every time that I have in my life, to make me a better fighter. That's why I'm a martial artist. For me, it's more than a job - it's a way of living

I always loved to paint. As a kid, I liked to dip my paintbrush in black ink. They gave colors to me to use, but I didn't like them very much.

The more I invested in myself, the kinder I was to myself and the more I understood myself.

Chefs today choose to step onto that treadmill where they have to be seen. Every day they have to go to this party, they have to go to that party. But then you think "Who is doing the cooking?".

I didn't understand myself well enough be an ambassador to my world, to inspire people to want to cook, to inspire young people to want to come into my industry.

If I'm disrespectful to my opponent, how can I respect myself?

Honest men love women; those who deceive them adore them.

Can love and peace live in the same heart? Youth is unhappy because it is faced with this terrible choice; love without peace, or peace without love.

When humans truly discover the power of love, it will prove more important than the harnessing of fire.

I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.

My family background was deeply Christian.

He who despises life is his life's master.

Coquettes know how to please, not love, and that is why men love them SO much.

To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible

The ideas come afterwards, when the picture is finished.

A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.

I've never made any concessions, so I am 100% responsible for my films. This makes me feel very proud.

You always recognize great champions... how they come back from a loss.

The process of my transformation came to a head with my discovery of St. Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage I went on with a scout troop from my school.

I think it makes your stronger to admit that you're scared, because you're not scared to say that you're scared.

A tomb is a monument placed on the limits of two worlds.

The history of science alone can keep the physicist from the mad ambitions of dogmatism as well as the despair of pyrrhonian scepticism.

Good fortune leads one to the highest glory, But to renounce it calls for equal courage.

To make a living, craftiness is better than learnedness.

People who try to create a musical revolution do not have a chance, but those who turn their back to music can sometimes find it.

He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows should never remember it.

My books were always full of ink blots, always stained and covered with smeared sketches and pictures, which one draws idly when his attention wanders from his task.

Most of all I hope the tournament [The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations] will help unite our people [in Gabon]. My wish is to celebrate a big party all together.

It's not always the strong that survive. It takes brains, guts, tolerance and forward thinking.

Man only progresses by slowly elaborating from age to age the essence and the totality of a universe deposited within him.

God instructs the heart, not by ideas but by pains and contradictions.