Octavio Paz Quotes

Wit invents; inspiration reveals. The inventions of wit are conceits - metaphors and paradoxes - that discover the secret correspondences that unite beings and things among and with themselves; inspiration is condemned to dissipate its revelations - unless a form can be found to contain them.

Octavio Paz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WitSecretInspirationInventions

England is not a country of granite and marble, but of chalk, marl, and clay.

John Burroughs

CountryClayMarbleChalkGranite

I made money. What am I gonna invest in? Stocks? No. I'm going to invest in music.

Melissa Auf der Maur

MusicMoneyGoingInvestMadeAm

Life is so much easier without the attention.

Max Martin

LifeAttentionWithoutEasierMuch

However one reaches the parks, the main thing is to slow down and absorb the natural wonders at leisure.

Michael Frome

SlowDownLeisureNaturalWonders

I love acting and really think that's what I want to do. It's weird seeing myself up there, but I'm used to it now. But otherwise, I have backups. Doctor, lawyer.

Sofia Vassilieva

LoveMyselfDoctorLawyerThinkNow

The passion for money is never fickle.

Mason Cooley

PassionMoneyNeverFickle

I like the days when all the filmmakers had was a film roll, a camera and a gangster. The Mack Sennett comedies were all like that. They'd create little teams to go out and shoot films.

Michel Gondry

GangsterCameraCreateGoOutDays

The first thing, when I read the script, is that I need to care about what happens and feel compelled by the story and engaged by the characters. It needs to resonate with me, even if what the characters are going through is not something that I have experienced in my life. I have to feel like it has some sort of meaning to me.

Michael Sheen

LifeMeStoryCareMy LifeMeaning

I wouldn't say that dittoheads, as a group, lack the ability to reason. It's just that whenever I run across one, he seems to be at a low ebb in reasoning skills.

Molly Ivins

SkillsSayGroupRunReasonAbility

The last reunion was a bit of a rushed job, we had to do a gig and documentary.

Brian Harvey

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Enoki mushrooms, a tasty variety commonly sold in grocery stores, were one of the first mushrooms studied for preventing cancer.

Paul Stamets

FirstCancerVarietyMushroomsTasty

I think it's something that needs to be said - that there are interracial marriages out there, and the couples live happy lives, and there's nothing wrong with it.

Tia Mowry

MarriageLiveHappyThinkWrongOut

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