Octavio Paz Quotes

Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society.

Octavio Paz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SocietyYouKnowWesternWriters

Chronic pain can be very lonely. It can have a shame-based quality.

Jennifer Grey

QualityPainLonelyVeryChronic

Opera singing is in every way of inestimable value; a real heritage for all mankind that has been reached over centuries of studies, attempts, flights of the spirit.

Andrea Bocelli

ValueSingingHeritageSpiritWay

We still have an underclass in this country who are constantly ignored and vilified.

Maxine Peake

CountryStillWhoIgnoredConstantly

I'm an entertainer, so in whatever form I entertain... The thing about being a rapper is that you have more control over your form, whereas with acting you have to compromise a lot.

Method Man

ControlCompromiseYouActingMore

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so.

Stephen Leacock

BelieveNowChristmasSpiritFirst

I've been so fortunate because I never really had ups and downs as far as my career. Ninety-nine percent of the time, I've been sold out all over the world.

Tony Bennett

TimeWorldUps And DownsCareerOver

I enjoy a glass of wine, and I love my football. I suppose it's because I'm a real working-class.

Rod Stewart

LoveFootballWineEnjoyGlassReal

It is crucial that the House exercises its oversight functions to ensure constitutional accountability of government agencies, especially as the bureaucracies associated with ObamaCare and Dodd-Frank flex their muscles and seek to expand their authority.

Ron DeSantis

GovernmentAccountabilityHouseSeek

I don't walk around with a cowboy hat. I did get a tattoo that says 'cowboy' that's a bit of an over-compensation, probably.

Ronnie Dunn

WalkHatTattooCowboyGetDid

Perhaps it is partly that we need to love books ourselves as parents, grandparents and teachers in order to pass on that passion for stories to our children. It's not about testing and reading schemes, but about loving stories and passing on that passion to our children.

Michael Morpurgo

LovePassionChildrenParentsLoving

No one at Goldman Sachs gets paid out of his or her own P&L. It matters how your business is doing, but it matters more how the firm as a whole is doing.

Lloyd Blankfein

BusinessDoingMattersMoreOutOwn

People go to car races to watch the crashes.

Johnny Knoxville

CarPeopleGoWatchRacesCrashes

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