Jorge Luis Borges Quotes

Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.

Jorge Luis Borges

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: argentinian
  • Birth: August 24, 1899 - June 14, 1986

Topics

TimeFireI AmRiverMeTiger

I do suspect we are going to get signs of life elsewhere, but how well prepared are we for this? Have we thought how we will approach them? We need to start thinking about that.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

LifeStartThinkingThoughtWill

I was big time into Barbie. I also had Wonder Woman Underoos that I really liked. I actually wore them as an outfit to school. As I said, I was a strange child.

Jennifer Sky

TimeWomanSchoolChildOutfitSaid

My biggest ambition is never to be bored. I'm not aggressive enough to strongly run after being an actress.

Anjelica Huston

AmbitionEnoughRunAggressiveNever

Politicians wishing to set a better tone should have the discipline to avoid televised cage matches.

John Sununu

DisciplineBetterCagePoliticians

I was an only child. I needed an alternative to family life - to real life, you could almost say - and cartoons, pictures in a book, the animated movies, seemed to provide it.

John Updike

LifeFamilyChildBookYouPictures

I hate flying. I don't like planes. I get really anxious.

Lucy Hale

HateFlyingGetAnxiousLikePlanes

My dad was not someone who you would strike with a billy club and he wouldn't strike back. It just wasn't in him.

Condoleezza Rice

SomeoneYouBackStrikeHimClub

As a kid, I'd eat at my mother's house, then go down the road to my girlfriend's and eat, and then sometimes go to my friend's house and eat again. I could gain five pounds in a day. In a week, there wouldn't be a scale to weigh me.

Bruce Smith

FriendMotherDayMeRoadWeek

There are people who say, 'Oh, he's a crook.' But I'm not a crook.

Peter M. Brant

PeopleSayWhoHeOhCrook

I think I have made an impact in the workplace and I do believe that will prevail over any of the other things in the end.

Paula Jones

BelieveThinkEndImpactWorkplace

For me, being memorable is more important than winning.

Ricki Lake

MeWinningImportantMemorableMore

I restore myself when I'm alone.

Marilyn Monroe

AloneMyselfRestore

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