Luigi Pirandello Quotes

Every true man, sir, who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants does not live for the sake of living, without knowing how to live; but he lives so as to give a meaning and a value of his own to life.

Luigi Pirandello

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: playwright
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: June 28, 1867 - December 10, 1936

Topics

LifeLiveManValuePlantsMeaning

What was exciting to me in talking to Kogonada was I was just very convinced that he was a very real and pure artist. He was so uninterested in the commercial game.

John Cho

MeGameTalkingArtistRealPure

I think the reason I'm a writer is because first, I was a reader. I loved to read. I read a lot of adventure stories and mystery books, and I have wonderful memories of my mom reading picture books aloud to me. I learned that words are powerful.

Andrew Clements

MemoriesWordsAdventureMeMom

As far as I'm concerned, and this is a big theme of mine, I'm not interested in white people loving me. It's an unrealistic expectation. Black people don't love anybody but themselves.

John McWhorter

LovePeopleMeBlackLovingWhite

The greatest story of all is Colonel Sanders. He didn't start until he was sixty-six on a freeway bypass for his chicken shop. Anything is possible!

Robert Kiyosaki

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As a child, I was lucky to have the support of my parents because starting a tennis career is a very expensive adventure.

Stan Wawrinka

AdventureSupportChildParents

There's a lot going on in country music, with indie-label hipsters and underground bloggers arguing their interpretations of what country is, and pop-country stars defending themselves. That deserves to be poked fun at.

Sturgill Simpson

StarsMusicFunCountryGoing

I was a nerd growing up, and I'm a little antisocial and awkward.

Louis C. K.

Growing UpGrowingUpLittleAwkward

The eco-movement is growing as people all over catch on to the need to protect our precious planet, which makes the future look really bright - and makes me really happy.

Josie Maran

FutureHappyPeopleMeLookGrowing

That's kind of how I see my workmanship: it's how many hours I put in that makes me better.

Demetrious Johnson

MeBetterKindSeeI SeeHours

Too much of Indian writing in English, it seemed to me, consisted of middle-class people writing about other middle-class people - and a small slice of life being passed off as an authentic portrait of the country.

Aravind Adiga

LifePeopleMeWritingSmallOff

Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience.

Arnold Palmer

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To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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