Alberto Moravia Quotes

In life there are no problems, that is, objective and external choices; there is only the life which we do not resolve as a problem but which we live as an experience, whatever the final result may be.

Alberto Moravia

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: November 28, 1907 - September 26, 1990

Topics

LifeLiveExperienceChoicesProblem

Fame is a by-product which you have to deal with in a sensible way. To believe that it is anything more significant than that is deeply self-deceptive.

Jodhi May

BelieveYouFameWayMoreAnything

I have motor oil running through my veins.

John Lasseter

OilThroughVeinsRunningMotor

The pattern of things was that each of the research students would be doing some particular experiment on the accelerator, often involving the building of counters or a system like that.

John Henry Carver

ResearchBuildingDoingExperiment

I have a kind of standard explanation why, which goes like this: Science fiction is one way of making sense out of a senseless world.

John Sladek

ScienceWorldKindWhyWayOut

I grill, therefore I am.

Alton Brown

I AmGrillAmTherefore

I think Canadians are great satirists because we sit in the middle of these two giants: Great Britain and the U.S.

Martin Short

GreatThinkTwoGiantsSitMiddle

Google did a great job hacking the Web to create search - and then monetizing search with advertising. And Apple did a great job humanizing hardware and software so that formerly daunting computers and applications could become consumer-friendly devices - even a lifestyle brand.

Douglas Rushkoff

GreatJobAdvertisingComputers

Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of crowds, nor by arguments of unbridled passion, nor by the hatred of class against class.

Annie Besant

PassionGreatStrongGoddessLiberty

You get butterflies when you see all the fans screaming.

William Singe

YouSeeFansGetButterflies

The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.

Pythagoras

WordsThoughtYesMostThoseOldest

I never really knew what fine cuisine was when I was a little boy in Canada. For me, Italian food was 'Kraft Dinner' or pizza. When I moved to New York, that's when I discovered all the Italian food.

Sebastian Bach

FoodNew YorkPizzaMeDinnerNew

If we were to reengineer the DVR, we would cut America's energy bill by 5%.

Rick Smolan

EnergyAmericaCutWouldWereBill

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