As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

Topics: Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own...

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own...

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Life begins on the other side of despair.

Life begins on the other side of despair.

Acting is happy agony.

Acting is happy agony.

Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is.

Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is.

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we...

We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we...

The existentialist says at once that man is anguish.

The existentialist says at once that man is anguish.

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look...

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look...

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal.

Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal.

Hell is other people.

Hell is other people.

Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it...

Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it...

What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and I do not...

What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and I do not...

Existence precedes and rules essence.

Existence precedes and rules essence.

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a...

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a...

Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer...

Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer...

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see...

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see...

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do...

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do...

When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.