D.B.C. Pierre Quotes

If the sociologist has a role, it is probably more to furnish weapons than to give lessons.

There is no peace more wonderful than the peace we enjoy when faith shows us God in all created things.

I suggested that it was not enough to add a moustache to the Mona Lisa: it should simply be destroyed.

Be an enzyme - a catalyst for change. As a slogan, I don't know if that's ever going to be right up there with Ich Bin Ein Berliner, or “I Have A Dream,” but there's a lot of truth to it.

The duties of each moment are the shadows beneath which hides the divine operation.

The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.

It is less difficult for a woman to obtain celebrity by her genius than to be forgiven for it.

We have to fight the past to survive.

Once you grow up and discover yourself as a human being you look at things for what they are.

Nature laughs at the difficulties of integration.

I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Love is a sacred reserve of energy; it is like the blood of spiritual evolution.

He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have a long head or a very short creed.

Drawing is feeling. Color is an act of reason.

The things that stand out are often the oddities.

I need to feel the excitement of life stirring around me, and I will always need to feel that.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

When I finish with one thing very well, I start some other thing. I don't like to stop. I like to continually prove myself.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

Liberty, Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order.

I do not wish to be either governor nor governed!

My life is one long curve, full of turning points.

The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.

Has it struck you that the music which is regarded as the most sublime in western civilization, which is the music of Bach, is called baroque?

Respect is the most important thing. Be respectful toward others and have respect for yourself.

Do I shout, belittle or swear? No. I have sufficient confidence within myself to control my environment just by my presence, just by working hard and leading from the front.

I'm the kind of guy who only makes a mistake once, never twice.

The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.

Gather the roses of life today.

I just think you Westerners should take over this country if you are so smart.

Practice has a logic which is not that of the logician.

Algeria is what allowed me to accept myself.

That there is an evolution of one sort or another is now common ground among scientists. Whether or not that evolution is directed is another question.

A smile costs less than electricity, but gives much light .

If painting doesn't offer a way to dream and create emotions, then it's not worth it.

The future is in the hands of those who can give tomorrow's generations valid reasons to live and hope.

All created things are living in the Hand of God. The senses see only the action of the creatures; but faith sees in everything the action of God.

Paddling a canoe is a source of enrichment and inner renewal.

Painting has to get back to its original goal, examining the inner lives of human beings.

In matters of religion, it is very easy to deceive a man and very hard to undeceive him.

I've got a passion for solving a problem that I think I can solve in a new way. And that maybe it helps that nobody has done it before as well.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

God is not remote from us. He is at the point of my pen, my (pick) shovel, my paint brush, my (sewing) needle - and my heart and thoughts.

We want property, but property restored to its proper limits, that is to say, free distribution of the products of labour, property minus usury!

If laws are unjust, they must be continually broken until they are altered.

What I am after is the first impression - I want to show all one sees on first entering the room - what my eye takes in at first glance.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

Power is different when you combined it with wisdom. Wisdom allows you to use less power to accomplish more tasks.