F. Sionil Jose Quotes

Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.

F. Sionil Jose

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: filipino
  • Birth: December 3, 1924

Topics

HumanityCourseOurMuchEgoism

I knew early on that I would do politics, but I would never make a living at it. I would do something else.

Jerry Springer

PoliticsEarlyLivingNeverWould

Because I'm a bald, dim-witted writer, people think I couldn't possibly be her husband, so they occasionally confuse me for someone more glamorous. At O'Hare airport, a man asked if he could take Rebecca's photo. When I reflexively stepped away, he said, 'No, no, no. I want your picture too, Andre Agassi.'

Steve Rushin

ManPeopleMeHusbandThinkPicture

For the devices we use... the funding models are completely screwed up. Angel funding isn't sufficient for hardware.

Mary Lou Jepsen

AngelUpScrewedHardwareDevices

When I was a student and rushing to finish a project, my gut instinct was usually to keep adding all kinds of features. It's a way of papering over the fact that you haven't quite nailed your concept yet.

Mike Krieger

YouStudentWayProjectOverFinish

One of the oddities about being Judy Garland's daughter was that everyone treated my mother with such awe that they would never have asked me the normal questions kids get about their moms.

Lorna Luft

MotherDaughterMeQuestionsNever

I got my first tattoo when I was 16 years old and I went with my mom to get it done - she has a bunch too so we're tattoo buddies now.

Josh Hutcherson

MomDoneNowTattooSheFirst

Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production.

Joseph Brodsky

LifePoetryProductionThingsRather

I spent, whether consciously or unconsciously, most of my career trying to be something other than William F. Buckley's son.

Christopher Buckley

SonTryingCareerSomethingMost

I greatly blame Congress, spurred on by its personal hatred of Nixon, for passing legislation in June through August of '73 which embargoed any further U.S. help to South Vietnam.

Alistair Horne

BlameHelpCongressPersonalHatred

An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through.

William Makepeace Thackeray

LightShineWindowEvilPersonLike

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

Plautus

FriendshipFriendBetterHeavenWho

Owning a home is a keystone of wealth - both financial affluence and emotional security.

Suze Orman

HomeFinancialWealthSecurityBoth

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