Famous quote by Jean Genet

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"A great wind swept over the ghetto, carrying away shame, invisibility and four centuries of humiliation. But when the wind dropped people saw it had been only a little breeze, friendly, almost gentle"

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This quote is written / told by Jean Genet between December 19, 1910 and April 15, 1986. He/she was a famous Dramatist from France. The author also have 17 other quotes.

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"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

Lao Tzu, Author

"Buildings should serve people, not the other way around"

"Borders? I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people"

"Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded"

"People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

Jose Rizal, Writer

"First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people"

"The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy"

"Ambition is not a vice of little people"

"A company is only as good as the people it keeps"