Octavio Paz Quotes

Words are things, but things which mean. We cannot do away with meaning without doing away with signs, that is, with language itself. Moreover, we would have to do away with the universe. All the things man touches are impregnated with meaning.

Octavio Paz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WordsManLanguageUniverseDoing

You might say those who can't repay their student debts shouldn't have borrowed in the first place. But they had no way of knowing just how bad the jobs market would become.

Robert Reich

YouBadPlaceStudentSayBecome

Our generation was born during the turmoil following the First World War. That war marked the dividing line - at least for the Western World - between the comfortable security of the 19th century and the instability and flux of our own time.

Robert Kennedy

TimeWarWorldGenerationSecurity

If there was a fire at my house I would throw more things on it. The only thing I would take out? Myself!

Jean Nouvel

MyselfFireHouseMoreOutTake

If it's coming near the end of a chapter and I'm really getting into it, I tend to get up earlier and earlier, just because I'm excited to get to work.

Robert Caro

WorkEndJust BecauseChapterUp

The United States has the largest and best navy in the world.

Robert Zubrin

BestWorldNavyUnitedUnited States

I think we should all have a private audience with Helen Mirren.

Claire Foy

ThinkAudienceI ThinkShould

History teaches that the level of unemployment is not as important as whether the rate's going down.

Austan Goolsbee

HistoryDownImportantLevelGoing

Have confidence in your own voice, be entrepreneurial, and take big risks with the knowledge that, by default of being a woman, people are going to advise you to be conservative, play it safe, make sure everyone likes you, and constantly question whether or not you're ready to be in charge.

Susanna Fogel

ConfidenceKnowledgeWomanRisksYou

The one I have the most angst towards would be YouTube. We had an opportunity to invest, and I just got nervous about the media industry's response to the unlicensed content on the site.

Peter Fenton

OpportunityMediaNervousYouTube

At its best, American music is the soundtrack of our long - and often painful - march toward a more perfect union.

Shawn Amos

MusicBestAmericanLongPerfect

Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.

Thucydides

AngerSpringFirstInsignificant

If somebody is strong and showing good performances and perfect in the thing you are doing, there are people who want to disturb you.

Tina Maze

GoodPeopleStrongDoingYouWant

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