Jorge Luis Borges Quotes

Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned.

Jorge Luis Borges

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MeasureOthersHimPlannedAsking

That dichotomy between the public consumption of the work and my intent and practice in making it is an uneasy one for me, on occasion.

Jock Sturges

WorkPracticeMeIntentDichotomy

It's so long since I've had sex I've forgotten who ties up who.

Joan Rivers

LongSexUpForgottenWhoSince

Man, that's all I can do, just be myself.

Jermaine Fowler

MyselfManI CanJustJust Be

As a graduate student I studied mathematics fairly broadly, and I was fortunate enough, besides developing the idea which led to 'Non-Cooperative Games,' also to make a nice discovery relating to manifolds and real algebraic varieties.

John Forbes Nash, Jr.

MathematicsEnoughDiscoveryStudent

Women tear each other apart.

Megan Fox

WomenOtherApartEachTear

The art of motion pictures is pictorial and language comes a distant second.

Jean-Jacques Annaud

ArtLanguagePicturesMotionSecond

As soon as love became the driving force behind marriage, people began to demand the right to remain single if they had not found love or to divorce if they fell out of love.

Stephanie Coontz

LoveMarriagePeopleDrivingDivorce

I grew up listening to Beethoven and old jazz singers like Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Anita O'Day. But those were, like, the only women I listened to - I hated women pop singers.

Sophie B. Hawkins

WomenListeningHolidayJazzOldUp

Anyone who makes plans for after the revolution is a reactionary.

Mikhail Bakunin

RevolutionPlansWhoAfterMakes

The Frist fairness rule guarantees up-or-down votes for every circuit court or Supreme Court nomination, regardless of which party controls the Senate or the White House.

Mitch McConnell

FairnessHouseWhitePartyRule

When I was a kid, I was always going to bed creating a story, and that was the birth of filmmaking for me. I would like going to the dream-state by telling the story to someone else in my mind. That was my imaginary friend; it was an imaginary audience listening to my story.

Denis Villeneuve

FriendMindMeListeningStoryBed

I've been trying to... Having been an English literary graduate, I've been trying to avoid the idea of doing art ever since. I think the idea of art kills creativity.

Douglas Adams

ArtCreativityThinkDoingTrying

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