"Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Design, Men, Truth, Chance

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"Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance."

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"Once the product's task is known, design the interface first; then implement to the interface design."

Jef Raskin, American Scientist

Design, First

"I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look."

Debbie Allen, American Actress

Design, Want

"One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan's face, but the traditional animation was spectacular."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

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"Often we don't see the majesty of God's design because we're caught up in the mediocrity of our own designs."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response."

Liz Phair, American Musician

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"God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him."

Mary Astell, English Writer

Design, God, End

"For me, unemployment and poverty in the Greater Montreal area is not mainly a problem of structure, or design, or statistics. It is a profoundly human situation."

Kim Campbell, Canadian Statesman

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"I'd like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play golf which is the sport of the religious right."

Brad Pitt, American Actor

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"Work is designed to be in your own field of calling."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"God did not simply decide to create heaven and earth. He had a vision."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness."

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"If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions, it is that which lies hidden in the bottom of our heart, and which we know not ourselves."

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"Once the product's task is known, design the interface first; then implement to the interface design."

"I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look."

"One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan's face, but the traditional animation was spectacular."

"Often we don't see the majesty of God's design because we're caught up in the mediocrity of our own designs."

"I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response."

"God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him."

"For me, unemployment and poverty in the Greater Montreal area is not mainly a problem of structure, or design, or statistics. It is a profoundly human situation."

"I'd like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play golf which is the sport of the religious right."

"Work is designed to be in your own field of calling."

"God did not simply decide to create heaven and earth. He had a vision."

Explore more quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves."

"Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency."

"When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness."

"However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship."

"Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love."

"The mind is always the patsy of the heart."

"If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions, it is that which lies hidden in the bottom of our heart, and which we know not ourselves."

"We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done."

"There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other."

"In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge."