Jose Saramago Quotes

I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement. Yes, I'm a writer, but I live in this world, and my writing doesn't exist on a separate level. And if people know who I am and read my books, well, good; that way, if I have something more to say, then everyone benefits.

Jose Saramago

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: portuguese
  • Birth: November 16, 1922 - June 18, 2010

Topics

GoodLiveMyselfI AmPeopleWorld

Hunted for sport by the rich, then driven from large tracts of its natural habitat by agricultural and housing development, the giant panda deserves better than to be scrubbed from conservation's ledger books through false accounting.

John Burnside

AccountingRichBetterDevelopment

I worry about kids today not having time to build a tree house or ride a bike or go fishing. I worry that life is getting faster and faster.

John Lasseter

LifeTodayTimeTreeBikeFishing

The principal event of my childhood was that no adult in my family would tell me who my father was.

John Irving

FamilyFatherChildhoodMePrincipal

I don't think I'm unusual in that, in my 20s, like many people, I felt invincible.

Amanda Lindhout

PeopleThinkUnusualInvincibleLike

I used to write things for friends. There was this girl I had a crush on, and she had a teacher she didn't like at school. I had a real crush on her, so almost every day I would write her a little short story where she would kill him in a different way.

Stephen Colbert

GirlTeacherDaySchoolStoryShort

I think, in real life, when we're facing death - that is, when we come out on the other side of it, whether it's death of a friend or a family member - you come out on the other side of the mourning cherishing your life that much more.

Tony DiTerlizzi

LifeFamilyFriendDeathThinkYou

I don't really get into a writing routine until March or April, when I'll write a few hundred words a day, often in a cafe in the morning after the school run.

Lisa Jewell

MorningDayWordsSchoolWriting

If you want to live in the fullness of God's anointing, fill your mouth with His Word.

Joyce Meyer

LiveGodYouMouthWantYour

The Beatles production is often so 'perfect' that it sounds computerized. 'Sgt. Pepper' really does sound like it took four months to make.

Jon Landau

PerfectSoundProductionBeatles

I grew up listening to hits, and if I write something I feel, I think that's pretty mass appeal. I'm not very elitist with music. Love is universal; a great melody is universal; it goes around the world; it's not just American. A great song can touch the world.

Diane Warren

LoveMusicGreatLove IsWorldSong

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

Aristotle

ConstitutionStateArrangement

Real is the club of my heart, and I promised my grandfather that I would play there one day. I hope that it will happen.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

HopeHeartDayPlayGrandfather

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