Jorge Luis Borges Quotes

My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry it out.

Jorge Luis Borges

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DifficultOutCarryOnlyShould

I went to an all-boys school and hated feeling like one of the crowd.

Jeremy Irvine

SchoolFeelingCrowdLikeHated

We can't begin to feed ourselves with a local-centric system if we lock up land in royal manor models.

Joel Salatin

RoyalLandBeginUpSystemLock

I basically gave up my dream of becoming a mom.

Mayte Garcia

MomDreamUpBecomingGave

Like a pianist runs her fingers over the keys, I'll search my mind for what to say. Now, the poem may want you to write it. And then sometimes you see a situation and think, 'I'd like to write about that.' Those are two different ways of being approached by a poem, or approaching a poem.

Maya Angelou

MindThinkSearchYouSituationSay

There is no road of flowers leading to glory.

Jean de La Fontaine

FlowersRoadGloryLeading

I love coming back to Edinburgh. It's nice to spend real time here.

Sophie Wu

LoveTimeBackNiceRealComing

My style is black. It's hip-hop. It's who I am.

Stuart Scott

StyleI AmBlackHip-HopWhoAm

As a youth, I was much more of a Zionist. But Israel was very different then. Israel's changed, and so have I.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

YouthMoreIsraelDifferentChanged

I love comedies, both broad and subtle.

Michaela Watkins

LoveSubtleBothBroadI Love

Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I'd love to rise from the grave every ten years or so and go buy a few newspapers.

Luis Bunuel

LoveTen YearsRiseGoHorrorYears

When I grew up, and I think about City Council, I look at the men and women then - these were people who just wanted to be a part of the community and give something back. They weren't necessarily trying to use it as a steppingstone to something else. I looked up to those people.

Brad Wenstrup

WomenCommunityMenPeopleCityUp

Kurt Vonnegut said, 'The best of Bob and Ray is virtually indistinguishable from the worst.' I'm sure he meant that as a compliment.

Bob Elliott

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