Alberto Moravia Quotes

Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they were born to understand.

Alberto Moravia

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodProblemTryingPerfectBorn

We wouldn't think of rising in the morning without a face-wash, but we often neglect that purgative cleansing of the Word of the Lord. It wakes us up to our responsibility.

Jim Elliot

MorningResponsibilityThinkRising

Ever since I was a kid, I've known I could talk to people.

Joe Jamail

PeopleTalkKidKnownSinceEver

The more media interviews you do, the less any one interaction matters.

Jennifer Palmieri

MediaYouMattersMoreInteraction

I grab coins and tees in my travels, but I usually mark my ball with a coin from Argentina, either a peso or a 10-centavo piece.

Angel Cabrera

CoinBallMarkArgentinaPieceGrab

To me, the tragedy about this whole image-obsessed society is that young girls get so caught up in just achieving that they forget to realize that they have so much more to offer the world.

America Ferrera

MeWorldSocietyTragedyAchieving

On Twitter, there'll be fans of 'Army Wives' and people who say, 'I've been following you since 'Supernatural,' I loved you on 'Person of Interest,'' and it's really cool to get that love. To them, I'm not just an overnight success.

Sterling K. Brown

LoveSuccessPeopleCoolLovedYou

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Rush Limbaugh

LeadershipCharacterMatters

I would be absolutely honored if I made Jon Hamm crack, because he is uncrackable.

Jay R. Ferguson

HonoredBecauseCrackWouldMadeHe

Sometimes a song becomes rhetoric, but you have to really empathise. You also have to leave room for both sides of the argument: even if you're not telling the other side, you have to put that part in parentheses and make sure it's understood.

Jason Isbell

SongYouArgumentSometimesRhetoric

I don't think just funny is enough on Broadway.

Don Knotts

FunnyThinkEnoughBroadwayJust

I am reasonably happy. I didn't find Jesus or anything like that. Part of it is that I just feel that I could go home. I did not feel like that for a long time, but I could go back now.

Craig Ferguson

HomeTimeI AmHappyFeelLong

I think there's art, and then there's illustration. Art comes from a deeper place.

Brian Stelfreeze

ArtThinkPlaceIllustrationDeeper

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Alberto Moravia