Primo Levi Quotes

Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary need.

Primo Levi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: July 31, 1919 - April 11, 1987

Topics

NatureGossipNeedExperiencesPiece

I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road.

Jimmy Carl Black

RoadThinkMothersStuffI Think

My father was in the service. His job was to integrate the Armed Forces overseas. So that meant we showed up at military bases in Okinawa or Germany, racially unannounced. That made me, in that particular society if you will, the outsider.

Joe Morton

FatherServiceJobMeSocietyYou

I have to remember that for the most part people will see me for what I do, not what I say I do.

Jemima Kirke

PeopleMeRememberSayWillSee

Sometimes the reader will decide something else than the author's intent; this is certainly true of attempts to empirically decipher reality.

John M. Ford

RealitySometimesTrueWillDecide

We just have to get over the fact that, yes, people are not going to be the same. They're not going to look the same, they're not going to have the same opinions because we're all unique.

Storm Reid

PeopleOpinionsUniqueLookOver

When I was four or five years old, my grandfather showed me how to build things, paint, saw. Through years of fixing bikes, repairing lawn mowers, I learned how things work.

Tony Fadell

WorkMeGrandfatherBuildOldPaint

I worked at a Sport Chek in Vancouver, only so I could get the discount off snowboard gear. But I hated the job so much, I quit before I got my discount.

Missy Peregrym

JobQuitGotGetVancouverOff

Al Jazeera aired a new tape of Osama bin Laden. It was the usual stuff, he called Bush evil, the Great Satan, called him a war monger. Basically, the same thing you heard at last night's Democratic debate.

Jay Leno

GreatWarEvilNightYouDebate

When you're playing someone who drinks a lot, it's not that interesting to play that condition because as soon as you know that, you got all the information you're going to get from it. It's like hitting the same note on the piano over and over again.

Jared Harris

InterestingSomeoneYouInformation

I like being busy.

Christopher Lloyd

BusyBeingLikeBeing Busy

My wife is German, so I know something about German energy policy.

Bret Stephens

WifeEnergyKnowPolicySomething

I don't apologize for my clothes. There are a lot of bad dressers in golf, and I don't think I'm one of them. There are a lot of bad dressers in every business.

Sergio Garcia

BusinessThinkGolfClothesBadLot

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