F. Sionil Jose Quotes

Professional societies are sooner or later fractured by the ego of their leaders. Everyone wants to be president, chairman, CEO; no one wants to be a mere follower.

F. Sionil Jose

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

EgoProfessionalPresidentEveryone

I love to engage with people who come to see us.

Joan Jett

LovePeopleEngageSeeUsCome

If you go to a bad movie, it's two hours. If you're in a bad movie, it's two years.

Jerry Seinfeld

YouBadGoTwoYearsHours

Clifton and I don't even look alike. He smokes and drinks, and I do neither. He's a big fat guy, and if it weren't for me, no one would know who he is.

Andy Kaufman

MeFatLookKnowBigGuy

Patriotism is strong nationalistic feeling for a country whose borders and whose legitimacy and whose ethnic composition is taken for granted.

Michael Ignatieff

PatriotismStrongFeelingCountry

The thing about good art is that it makes you look at things in a new way.

Amitava Kumar

GoodArtYouLookNewWay

When you're leading Marines, you don't screw around, so the comedy is limited in uniform. And when you're a comedian, you can't be heavy handed and come across with tales of gore or material that people won't understand, so I try to keep them separate.

Rob Riggle

PeopleComedyYouUniformUnderstand

The way skateboarding contests were in the past was like going to a basketball game and being told at the end of the game what the score was and who won. Think about how unengaging that would be if you didn't know who was ahead or if it was a close game.

Rob Dyrdek

PastBasketballGameThinkEndYou

I don't think you ever get used to being away from home.

Robert Whittaker

HomeThinkYouUsedBeingGet

It comes easy to me to run. I picked a lot of it up from Germany. I had four-and-a-half years there, and I learned you have to be on the automatic button. Press it, and you go: you keep running, chasing and working.

Roberto Firmino

MeEasyYouGoRunUp

Like every Brazilian child, I always wanted to be a footballer.

Ronaldo

ChildAlwaysFootballerLikeWanted

Change is an internal thing. Different things happen or transform, and music and art is a documentation of that.

Matisyahu

ChangeMusicArtThings Happen

It's a great gig, really: getting on stage, playing the guitar, singing. For a living, it's super.

Dolores O'Riordan

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