Primo Levi Quotes

Human memory is a marvelous but fallacious instrument. The memories which lie within us are not carved in stone; not only do they tend to become erased as the years go by, but often they change, or even increase by incorporating extraneous features.

Primo Levi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ChangeMemoriesLieMemoryStoneGo

I very much own the fact that I'm a misfit. The Internet makes everyone realize they're screwed up.

Jenny Lawson

InternetRealizeEveryoneUpOwn

We try to... we are, I suppose to a certain extent all affected and erm, that is both funny and sad I think.

Tony Hancock

FunnySadThinkTryI ThinkBoth

I like to think that the best poetry is or involves a contest between ordinary conversation and ritual.

Miller Williams

BestPoetryThinkConversationLike

I have a file of four million jokes... I have them cross-indexed. Whatever subject you want, I have a joke on it.

Milton Berle

YouWantJokeWhateverJokesFour

As a cop, I dealt with every kind of bum and criminal. They all have more integrity than some Hollywood people.

Joseph Wambaugh

IntegrityPeopleKindHollywoodMore

Volunteering has been undervalued in Britain for a long time. Often it has been seen as a kind of cut-price, amateur version of work that would be better done by the state. When politicians speak about it, people hear in the background the sound of budgets being cut.

Jonathan Sacks

WorkTimePeopleSpeakBetterLong

It's not hard to imagine Donald Trump leading us into a war just because somebody got under his very thin skin.

Cory Booker

WarSkinDonald TrumpJust Because

I think that... discrimination in the job market is a very important area where work needs to be done.

Coretta Scott King

WorkJobThinkDiscriminationDone

It's people who you've seen that have given you a lot. In some ways, I felt they helped me psychologically because you see these people up on the screen going through torment and being on the outside, and somehow you relate to them, and it helps you get through life. It's a real honour and pleasure to then meet these people.

Tim Burton

LifePeopleMeYouMeetOutside

I have really great friends.

Nicole Richie

GreatFriendsReallyGreat Friends

If you're a woman, it's almost impossible to establish a relationship. You're too much for everybody. It's too much. The woman always has to play this role of being fragile and dependent. And if you're not, they're fascinated by you, but only for a little while. And then they want to change you and crush you. And then they leave.

Marina Abramovic

ChangeRelationshipWomanImpossible

There are two Mustafa Kemals: one is I, the flesh and bone Mustafa Kemal... the scond Mustafa Kemal I cannot describe with the word 'I.' That Mustafa Kemal is not I - it is 'We.' That Mustafa Kemal is the enlightened and warrior collectivity that is striving for the new thought, the new life, and the Great Ideal on every corner of this country.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

LifeGreatThoughtNew LifeWarrior

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