D.B.C. Pierre Quotes

What shall we do about the Abortion Bill?" A: "Pay it!

Because I am a deep believer in the civil society, I think we should be prepared to pay the consequences of breaking the law and that is either paying the penalty for it, or leaving the country.

The most beautiful missionaries I saw were those who talked less about religion but who were very generous in their approach.

Nothing costs so little, goes so far, and accomplishes so much as a single act of merciful service.

The only reward one should offer an artist is to buy his work.

I've never let one day go by without painting, or at least without drawing.

There are quite enough unpleasant things in life without the need to manufacture more.

With a limited palette, the older painters could do just as well as today what they did was sounder.

An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature.

I just keep painting till I feel like pinching. Then I know it's right.

In a few generations you can breed a racehorse. The recipe for making a man like Delacroix is less well known.

I had wrung impressionism dry and I finally came to the conclusion that I know neither how to paint nor how to draw.

In football you never know, but generally speaking, I feel more than comfortable here [in Borussia Dortmund]. There' s no place on earth I'd rather be.

He recognized with absolute certainty the empty fragility of even the noblest theorizings as compared with the definitive plenitude of the smallest fact grasped in its total, concrete reality.

You may conquer her love of God: you will never overcome her fear of the devil.

I sense a learning: that much dumber people than you end up in charge.

How characteristic of your perverse heart that longs only for what happens to be out of reach.

For all the sirens, game-show buzzers, and drum-rolls of life, it is the nature of men to die quietly.

It was there, in particular, that I confirmed the truth that love, which we cry up as the source of our pleasures, is nothing more than an excuse for them.

I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.

One must not permit oneself excesses, except with persons whom one wishes soon to leave.

Among wellborn spirits courage does not depend on age.

Power only tires those who don't exercise it.

I try to protect my loved ones, the people I share my life with, because they don't have a public life like me. I want to keep their lives private out of respect for them.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

I go jogging for 25 minutes every morning, even if I'm away from home.

For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment.

Mine is the least fat diet in the world.

When followed correctly, the Dukan Diet is both a safe and effective method of weight loss.

Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it.

The only way forward in life is innovation.

My mentality is that when I go to sleep at night, I'm a better martial artist than when I woke up in the morning.

It's not always the best team that wins the game it's the team that plays better.

I'm training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection.

Kyokoshin I've done most, but I competed in Sports Karate also, that's my style that I come from, and mixed with the wrestling that's how I got the takedowns.

Fighting is about knowledge, knowledge is a very important part of it.

Nervous and scared is a good thing, it's your friend. You feel more on the edge, you feel like you're about to fall down the river, it's a good thing for me. I like that feeling.

Innovation, born from true creativity, depends on movement.

I fight with emotion, but I don't fight with anger. I could be angry, but I'm not going to fight with anger because when you fight with anger you can make mistakes.

One of the important lessons I learned from my parents is always to respect authority figures like teachers.

I bow to my opponent in praise and thanks. After the fight is a time for humility, acceptance and analysis, no matter the result.

When I go on vacation I just like to do nothing - just hang out at the beach, go eat the best restaurants, and do nothing.

I'm an athlete, my job is not negotiating, it's not my field of expertise. I'm an emotional guy - it's normal, a lot of athletes are, and we're very susceptible to get our ego cut because of that.

People don't understand, yeah I'm alright as a wrestler, but I beat people in the takedown because of my distance control - because of my Karate. This is something I learned since I'm 7 years old.

I was a big fan of Jean-Claude Van-Damme growing up, and I always wanted to be a martial artist 'cause of him.

I am a public person and I have my private life. It's important for me that my private life stay private, that what I share with the people is my public personality.

Innovation keeps me ahead of my competition. It means that my foes must adapt to me, not the other way around.

A system that works for one person won't be perfect for another... Individuality is a major part of expanding knowledge.

Our ancestors have travelled the iron age; the golden is before us.

Every trait of beauty may be traced to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, and heroism.