Paulo Coelho Quotes

Physical elegance, which is what I am talking about here, comes from the body. This is no superficial matter, but rather the way that man found to honour the way he places his two feet on the ground.

Paulo Coelho

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• If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.

  

  Imre Lakatos
  • Power
  • Truth
  • Science

• A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.

  

  Barbara Cartland
  • Book
  • Kind
  • Where

• Over the next decade, there will be disruption as significant as the Internet was for publishing, where blockchain is going to disrupt dozens of industries, one being capital markets and Wall Street.

  

  Patrick M. Byrne
  • Wall
  • Will
  • Street

• It's quite difficult to write about female friendship without it seeming to be a very niche subject. It's a difficult balance.

  

  Samantha Harvey
  • Balance
  • Friendship
  • Without

• It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal.

  

  Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • People
  • May
  • Beauty

• When I just sit around my house and work, I can work two, three hours, and then I go off and ride a horse or do something that I perceive to be a lot more fun.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Work
  • Fun
  • House

• We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.

  

  Dan Aykroyd
  • Human
  • Race
  • Realize

• One should also remember that the U.S. is the biggest exporter of torture weapons in the world, though the U.K. is not far behind in the league table. We never stopped, even under Robin Cook's supposedly ethical foreign policy.

  

  Harold Pinter
  • World
  • Remember
  • Ethical

• The truth is, you have a much richer life if you somehow lead one that you can hold together.

  

  Ralph Macchio
  • Life
  • Truth
  • Together

• Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.

  

  Quintilian
  • Work
  • Talent
  • Student

• Child slavery is a crime against humanity. Humanity itself is at stake here. A lot of work still remains, but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime.

  

  Kailash Satyarthi
  • Work
  • Humanity
  • Child

• It is possible for political forces to agree.

  

  Felipe VI of Spain
  • Political
  • Possible
  • Agree

• Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Strong
  • Feel
  • Slavery

• The congressional role in declaring war is especially important not when the United States is the victim of an attack, but when the United States is planning to wage war abroad.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Important
  • War
  • Planning

• A kid copies what is good. I remember the first time I saw Lefty O'Doul, and he was as far away as those palms. And I saw the guy come to bat in batting practice. I was looking through a knothole, and I said, 'Geez, does that guy look good!' And it was Lefty O'Doul, one of the greatest hitters ever.

  

  Ted Williams
  • Time
  • Good
  • Remember

• I’m not against the police; I'm just afraid of them.

  

  Alfred Hitchcock
  • Police

• Why in the world shouldn't they have regarded with awe and reverence that act by which the human race is perpetuated. Not every religion has to have St. Augustine's attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone present knows what is going to happen that night, but that doesn't prevent it being a religious ceremony.

  

  Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • World
  • Why
  • Night

• My one thing is respect. I don't care about anything else. You should respect everyone around you - the people who work for you, peers. Be classy.

  

  Charli XCX
  • People
  • Work
  • Respect

• In all adversities there is always in its depth, a treasure of spiritual blessings secretly hidden.

  

  Chinmayananda Saraswati
  • Spiritual
  • Secret
  • Blessing

• I want to see more people push what it means to be a web show... because it's very difficult to make a living making those types of shows.

  

  Freddie Wong
  • People

• The idea of solving as huge and long-term a problem as inequality - which, for my money, is the biggest single problem we have here at home - just never gets serious concern from both sides.

  

  George Packer
  • Long
  • Money
  • Home

• In my opinion I do not think I am a better guitarist than Ace, I honestly think we’re both different, and we both brought something unique to the musical.

  

  Vincent John Cusano Kiss
  • Different
  • Both
  • Guitarist

• Societies evolve based on new understandings and new science and new appreciation of who we are.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Science
  • Appreciation

• Physical elegance, which is what I am talking about here, comes from the body. This is no superficial matter, but rather the way that man found to honour the way he places his two feet on the ground.

  

  Paulo Coelho