Italo Calvino Quotes

A quarter of America is a dramatic, tense, violent country, exploding with contradictions, full of brutal, physiological vitality, and that is the America that I have really loved and love. But a good half of it is a country of boredom, emptiness, monotony, brainless production, and brainless consumption, and this is the American inferno.

Italo Calvino

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: October 15, 1923 - September 19, 1985

Topics

LoveGoodLovedAmericanAmerica

I learn in a different way. I learn experientially.

Melinda Gates

LearnWayDifferentDifferent Way

Learning how to keep track of inventory and cash flow and creating an income statement and a balance sheet are great skills to learn for managing existing businesses.

Steve Blank

LearningGreatBalanceLearnSkills

Pension funds, endowments, and private investors trust Mitt Romney's former company Bain Capital enough to hand it billions of dollars in assets.

Ronald Kessler

TrustEnoughHandCompanyCapital

Now quantitatively we rank things on something called alpha over standard deviation, which is the return independent of the market divided by volatility. Usually, to get a high ranking, you need some buying pressure.

Louis Navellier

PressureYouNowIndependentNeed

The brighter you are, the more you have to learn.

Don Herold

LearningLearnYouMoreBrighter

People think that my favorite roles to do are villains, but I find comedy to be the most challenging and rewarding.

Christopher Walken

PeopleThinkComedyFindFavorite

It is with passion that I love my job. But it is with character that I am able to keep looking forward. Not just beyond criticism or bad results, but also beyond the good moments, too. Everything has to be a balance.

Claudio Ranieri

LoveGoodPassionCharacterJob

America, how can I write a holy litany in your silly mood?

Allen Ginsberg

AmericaSillyMoodWriteHolyYour

After an unremitting and severe labour of two days, we returned to our old encampment with the loss of some of my horses, and my men excessively fatigued.

William Henry Ashley

MenLossOldTwoDaysHorses

A shoe dog is somebody that really loves shoes, and that was me. I was a runner... that became important to me, and it's been with me ever since.

Phil Knight

DogShoesMeImportantShoeBeen

It is a burden that people have expectations about me.

Paulo Dybala

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Comedians still make fun of Bill's out-of-control appetites, but with Hillary, the mockery is about how she lets nothing be out of control.

Rich Lowry

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