F. Sionil Jose Quotes

We are shallow because we are 'mayabang,' ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that we are only human, much too human to mistake knowledge for wisdom.

F. Sionil Jose

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WisdomKnowledgeMistakeHumility

I plan to stay in music. I plan to keep making records.

Joan Jett

MusicPlanStayKeepRecordsMaking

If you have a problem, you have to recognize it and solve it.

Mauricio Macri

ProblemYouRecognizeSolve

Making a living in the arts, though, creates so many jobs for other people.

Maureen Forrester

PeopleLivingArtsMaking A Living

I can't spend a lot of time worrying about the numbers at home. I've got to focus on the mission.

John R. Allen

HomeTimeFocusMissionNumbersGot

In the end, it all comes to choices to turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones.

Amber Frey

ChoicesEndSteppingTurnIn The End

It is exhausting knowing that most of the time the phone rings, most of the time there's an email, most of the time there's a letter, someone wants something of you.

Stephen Fry

TimeSomeoneYouPhoneKnowingMost

A lot of kids only know 'E.T.' from the digitally-enhanced version.

Steven Spielberg

KnowOnlyKidsVersionLot

I'm good friends with The Rock, and I talk to him all the time. And he says that, even though his movie career has taken off, he misses the instant gratification of wrestling, and the live crowds, and I could see being that way myself.

Trish Stratus

GoodLiveTimeMyselfFriendsRock

A hashtag is not a movement.

Shonda Rhimes

Movement

If you see the sunset, does it have to mean something? If you hear the birds singing does it have to have a message?

Robert Wilson

SunsetBirdsSingingYouMeanSee

I'm not, like, always focused; I'm very unfocused. I'm reading, and then I'm looking at my phone, and then I'm on the Internet.

Julia Holter

LookingReadingInternetPhoneLike

One of the great things about Silicon Valley is, irrespective of how competitive you might be with another company or how closely you might be working with that company, there's a great sort of give and take, and camaraderie from - between - some of the executives in the valley and some of the other investors in the valley.

Dick Costolo

GreatYouGreat ThingsCompanyTake

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