Isabel Allende Quotes

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom.

Isabel Allende

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: chilean
  • Birth: August 2, 1942

Topics

FreedomLoyaltyJusticeDeathMeUp

I always wear rings and cuffs from Made Her Think because designer Meredith Kahn is my friend and is one of my fashion idols. Everything she creates is really fresh.

Jessie Baylin

FriendFashionThinkSheEverything

I concluded that all religions had the same foundation - a belief in the supernatural - a power above nature that man could influence by worship - by sacrifice and prayer.

Robert Green Ingersoll

NaturePowerPrayerManSacrifice

I was always attracted to the past as a kid.

Stanley Tucci

PastKidAlwaysAttracted

Oh, I was super serious about practicing and rudiments, and still am. I still have all my books.

Travis Barker

SeriousPracticingBooksStillOh

One of the greatest things about my job is that I can enjoy all the successes of a show, but can still go out in public, not like say, Michael Jordan.

Rob Paulsen

JobEnjoyI CanGoSayOut

I was determined that with perseverance and faith, at some point, someone would say, 'This girl has talent,' and would cast me in something meaningful.

Rita Moreno

PerseveranceGirlFaithTalentMe

Given the choice between someone saying I was handsome in a role or ugly but good, I know which I'd choose.

Rufus Sewell

GoodUglySayingHandsomeChoose

When I fight someone, I want to break his will. I want to take his manhood. I want to rip out his heart and show it to him.

Mike Tyson

HeartFightSomeoneWantWillOut

I have no doubt that what we started has become a plague. Because - and that's a million years ago but we got caught up in the drama more than we caught up in going after the facts.

Mike Wallace

FactsDoubtDramaBecomeMoreUp

We're building the infrastructure we need, whether it be the Melbourne Rail Link, the airport rail link which Melburnians have so wanted for over 40 years, upgrading the Pakenham-Cranbourne railway line, or building the East-West Link.

Denis Napthine

BuildingAirportNeedLineRailway

I'm not Ted Nugent. My house is run, essentially, by an adopted, fully clawed cat with a mean nature. I would never hunt. I would never wear fur. I would never go to a bullfight. I'm not really a meat and potatoes guy.

Anthony Bourdain

NatureHouseGoRunNeverMean

When you talk about mandatory minimums, it created a lot of unfairness in our sentencing.

Asa Hutchinson

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