Buffon Quotes
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Buffon Quotes & Sayings
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Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding?
— Philip Roth
Truly, Buffon was the father of all thought in natural history in the second half of the 18th century.
— Ernst W. Mayr
On the field I defend our colours, love our flag and sing our anthem. I could not be more Italian than I am now.
— Gianluigi Buffon
A handful of red sand from the hot clime
Of Arab deserts brought,
Within this glass becomes the spy of Time,
The minister of Thought. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Of Arab deserts brought,
Within this glass becomes the spy of Time,
The minister of Thought. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I don't watch penalties in my hotel room. I watch naughty videos
— Gianluigi Buffon
My worst vice is gluttony. I try to keep myself under control because I'm an athlete, but once a week I like to pig out and act like a normal person.
— Gianluigi Buffon
You score goals as a kid. Then you grow up stupid and become a goalkeeper.
— Gianluigi Buffon
By-the-bye, what became of the baby?
— Lewis Carroll
To be and to think are one and the same for us.
— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon
The cat is the only animal which accepts the comforts but rejects the bondage of domesticity.
— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon
The dog has no ambition, no self-interest, no desire for vengeance, no fear other than that of displeasing.
— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon
I love performing.
— Lee DeWyze
Life went a-maying
With Nature, Hope, and Poesy,
When I was young! — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
With Nature, Hope, and Poesy,
When I was young! — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
To write well is to think well, to feel well, and to render well; it is to possess at once intellect, soul, and taste.
— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon
Style is the essence of man
— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon
Buffon is a gentleman thinking only of the ball [after Gianluigi Buffon's strong tackle on Andy Carroll during a friendly with Newcastle
— Claudio Ranieri
There is nothing good in love but the physical part.
— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon
I think it's sad, and weird, and strange that [race in casting] is still a thing. It's 2013. Somebody else needs to get their act together.
— Shonda Rhimes
Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius.
— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon
Style supposes the reunion and the exercise of all the intellectual faculties. The style is the man.
— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon
In recent times Italy have been in a World Cup final every 12 years and I hope to still be there in 2018.
— Gianluigi Buffon
Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience.
— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon
The great workman of nature is time.
— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon
Montesquieu had the style of a genius; Buffon, the genius of style.
— Friedrich Melchior, Baron Von Grimm
Genius is simply patience carried to the extreme.
— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon
The style is the man himself
— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon
Writing well is at one and the same time good thinking, good feeling, and good expression; it is having wit, soul, and taste, all together.
— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon