Octavio Paz Quotes

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. A constant coming and going: wisdom lies in the momentary.

Octavio Paz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: mexican
  • Birth: March 31, 1914 - April 19, 1998

Topics

ChangeWisdomTwoComingGoingLies

Honestly, at the end of every season, we sit down and review where we're at.

Jim Irsay

EndDownReviewSitWhereSeason

When I was in fact a child, six and seven and eight years old, I was utterly baffled by the enthusiasm with which my cousin Brenda, a year and a half younger, accepted her mother's definition of her as someone who needed to go to bed at six-thirty and finish every bite of three vegetables, one of them yellow, with every meal.

Joan Didion

MotherChildYellowSomeoneYearGo

People love to yammer on about things that aren't real.

Jeremy Renner

LovePeopleRealThingsAbout

Vastly more important than all questions with regard to methods of preaching is the root question as to what it is that shall be preached.

John Gresham Machen

QuestionsImportantMoreQuestion

My old friend Vlado Prelog has asked me to offer, from both of us, our thanks to the Royal Academy of Sciences and to the Nobel Foundation for the honour conferred on us.

John Cornforth

FriendMeFoundationRoyalOldUs

I get embarrassed by people. It's really awkward for me to have a chat with people who have been to see a gig.

Andrew Lawrence

PeopleMeSeeEmbarrassedAwkward

Whenever Disney asks if you want to do a fairy tale musical, you say yes.

Robert Lopez

Fairy TaleYouSayWantFairyYes

'Mr. India' was a turning point. Before that, Hindi moviegoers saw me just as a glamour girl. After 'Mr. India,' they felt I could act.

Sridevi

GirlMeIndiaGlamourPointAct

I've got over so much. Mum wouldn't want anything to come into my life that would make me fragile again.

Tracey Emin

LifeMeMy LifeWantOverAnything

Jimmy Kimmel still comes across like a guy who crashed a party and got caught at it, yet adamantly refuses to leave.

Tom Shales

PartyLeaveGuyGotCaughtStill

In any political job, you recognize that your time is going to be limited.

Rod Rosenstein

TimeJobPoliticalYouGoingYour

'X-Men' films have always been big, and necessarily so, because of the stories they have to tell.

Josh Helman

AlwaysTellBigBecauseBeenX-Men

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