F. Sionil Jose Quotes
In the '50s, I was traveling alone all over Mindanao, Basilan, all the way to Tawi-Tawi with just a camera and a notebook. I always stayed in the houses of Moros.
Quotes to Explore
-
Whether I do an original film, a dance, or a remake of my dad's hit songs, I have always been compared to him.
-
I was standing on the deck of the USS Blue, a destroyer. We were all alone out there at this buoy, tied up.
-
It is always great to see technology leaders like Ginni Rometty, Marissa Mayer, and Meg Whitman breaking through as a new generation of leaders.
-
In my career, I'm always trying to do something different.
-
I always dreamed of being Maria in The Sound of Music.
-
A lot of women are afraid of loneliness, so when they see a woman who can live alone, then they think, 'Hmm, I can do that.' But you need an example, and that is why I am proud to say I have divorced three husbands.
-
Smarter is always the answer.
-
We always go into a game to win.
-
I'll dispose of my teeth as I see fit, and after they've gone, I'll get along. I started off living on gruel, and by God, I can always go back to it again.
-
I always paid attention to Lil Wayne - close attention. He's my idol. He's still my idol.
-
If someone put a camera in my face now, when I am in student mode, I would get embarrassed, but when I am modelling, I play characters.
-
Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.
-
I think one challenge is that having few women in your work environment makes you feel a little isolated and alone. I'm an extrovert; I like talking to people, and I make friends easily, but if your personality is somewhat different, I think you would struggle to connect with people.
-
Fixity is always momentary. But how can it always be so? If it were, it would not be momentary - or would not be fixity.
-
The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, it's your mistake. If you hit a home run, it's your home run.
-
I have always looked at my competencies before accepting any responsibility.
-
I'm done with men... I'm going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don't think I'm made for marriage.
-
Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
-
Unless I have something already moving through the mind, I don’t go to the typewriter at all. The world has so many poems in it, it has never seemed to me very smart to force one more upon the world. If there isn’t one there to write, you just leave it alone.
-
I think it’s important for me to play well and set the tone.
-
If you want to accomplish twice as much, you have to work twice as hard.
-
Translation is the art of failure.
-
Of course a poem is a two-way street. No poem is any good if it doesn't suggest to the reader things from his own mind and recollection that he will read into it, and will add to what the poet has suggested. But I do think poetry readings are very important.
-
In the '50s, I was traveling alone all over Mindanao, Basilan, all the way to Tawi-Tawi with just a camera and a notebook. I always stayed in the houses of Moros.
