Italo Calvino Quotes

I write by hand, making many, many corrections. I would say I cross out more than I write. I have to hunt for words when I speak, and I have the same difficulty when writing.

Italo Calvino

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WordsWritingSpeakSayHandWrite

Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.

Jim Horning

GoodExperienceBadJudgement

Without effective protection of the citizens' right to property, it will be difficult to attract and accumulate valuable capital.

Mencius

WillDifficultRightProperty

It's so easy for all the success in the world to suddenly end, and I'm quite aware of that.

Stephen Hough

SuccessWorldEndEasyAwareQuite

Me and my sisters were so awful. One nanny, we loved, but we hacked her email and sent her boyfriend lots of weird messages, and we once actually locked her in the toilet, too.

Suki Waterhouse

MeLovedWeirdToiletEmailHer

A guy who gets fired and humiliated in the press can lose a lot of confidence.

Roger Ailes

ConfidenceLoseFiredGuyPressWho

We understand tornadoes scientifically, but it still feels supernatural. The randomness makes it feel supernatural.

Michael Koryta

FeelUnderstandRandomnessStill

I am not a sports girl.

Dianna Agron

GirlSportsI AmAm

We want to move forward in a bipartisan fashion to solve our problems.

Dick Durbin

FashionForwardProblemsWantMove

I was actually a poetry major in college before I punted and decided to become a theater major. I wrote the poem that we put on the sauerkraut boxes in the style of Elling.

Denis O'Hare

StylePoetryCollegeBecomeBoxes

The summit is what drives us, but the climb itself is what matters.

Conrad Anker

ClimbMattersUsSummitDrives

I've been, like, 15 my entire life.

Sutton Foster

LifeBeenLikeEntire LifeEntire

I've produced before, and sometimes it's by default. In the indie level, you can't just come to set and be like, 'Oh, I'm an actor.' You have to be willing to help out, make the project happen.

Sung Kang

HelpYouSometimesActorProject

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