A Quote by Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

The art of putting the right men in the right places is first in the science of government; but that of finding places for the discontented is the most difficult.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
French - Diplomat
February 2, 1754 - May 17, 1838

When I prepare, I am not messing around. I find the right places, the right people, and the right environment. Iceland is one of those places.

Conor McGregor

Some men are all right in their place if they only knew the right places.

Raoul Walsh

Every step on my way to becoming an artist seemed preordained. The right people were always in the right places at the right times to boost me to the next level. I was fortunate to be selected for a summer drawing class offered to teens at the Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County.

Kerry James Marshall

I found it difficult when I first started to travel around the world as a footballer. Hotels go from places you are excited to stay in to places you get tired of pretty quickly.

Diego Forlan

I think that some of the most amazing places to be or to grow up are the places right outside of great cities, because you're sort of constantly in this suspended state of, like, looking inside the window, wanting to be in the party. I think it breeds good feelings.

Jack Antonoff

Put the right people in the right places, and then you trust them to do the right stuff.

Dara Khosrowshahi

I have a lot to learn about NASCAR. But I've learned if you have the right people in the right places doing the right things, you can be successful at whatever you do.

Roger Staubach

There are many hypotheses in science which are wrong. That’s perfectly all right: it’s the aperture to finding out what’s right. Science is a self-correcting process.

Carl Sagan

The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government.

William O. Douglas

The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government.

William O. Douglas

Science is not just for an elite few. Science's vision of the universe is becoming increasingly inaccessible. That doesn't mean it's wrong. On some levels, general relativity is right, because we have to take its calculations into account to produce accurate GPS systems. Instrumentally, it's correct to something like twenty decimal places. But epistemologically and psychologically, it is not available to most of our population.

Margaret Wertheim

Discontented women dream of being rescued by Prince Charming. Discontented men dream of finding a horny blond in the back seat ofa taxi.

Mason Cooley

The makers of our Constitution . . . conferred, as against the government, the right to be let alone - the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men.

Louis D. Brandeis

Black art has always existed. It just hasn't been looked for in the right places.

Romare Bearden

There are places you should be and places you shouldn't, and situations you should not be getting yourself into. If you're turning up to games and not feeling right, that's when you've got to address the situation.