Jose Saramago Quotes

I don't defend the idea of universal love. It has never existed and will never exist.

Jose Saramago

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• I love my work but do not know how I write it.

  

  Zane Grey
  • Work
  • Love
  • Know

• What goes for sex goes double for politics.

  

  Kate Clinton
  • Sex
  • Politics
  • Double

• It's one thing to have forced time off as an actor, and another thing when you actually say, 'I don't want to read anything, and I don't want to talk to anybody.'

  

  Laura Dern
  • Time
  • Want
  • Actor

• I'm totally a geek.

  

  Zachary Levi
  • Geek
  • Totally

• I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle.

  

  Karen Armstrong
  • Struggle
  • Tongue
  • Impatient

• I think everybody can identify, you know, with this sort of struggle to decide for yourself who you are, you know, and what your place in life is.

  

  Barry Jenkins
  • Life
  • Struggle
  • Yourself

• Being attractive, it's not something I do consciously. It's incredibly flattering that people think I appeal to women. But that was a gift from my parents.

  

  Ioan Gruffudd
  • People
  • Women
  • Parents

• I thought I would be Sheena of the Jungle as a little girl.

  

  Pam Grier
  • Girl
  • Thought
  • Jungle

• If a great outfit gets you one step closer to feeling good about yourself, then it's worth every penny.

  

  Rachel Roy
  • Good
  • Great
  • Feeling

• I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.

  

  Karl Rove
  • People
  • Crazy
  • Politics

• A lioness has got a lot more power than the lion likes to think she has.

  

  Jacki Weaver
  • She
  • Power
  • Think

• I am honoured to have been chosen for an Amitabh Bachchan film.

  

  Ram Charan
  • Film
  • Chosen
  • Honoured

• Indeed, eventually, random outcomes all revert to the mean, meaning that streaks eventually end. Understanding this is a key part of intelligent and rational investing.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • Understanding
  • End
  • Intelligent

• I do have thighs and a butt. I have cellulite.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Thighs

• Unlike 'real relationships', 'virtual relationships' are easy to enter and to exit. They look smart and clean, feel easy to use, when compared with the heavy, slow-moving, messy real stuff.

  

  Zygmunt Bauman
  • Real
  • Moving
  • Smart

• I truly believe that we're about to enter a second golden age of design. The first one was in the '50s and '60s, when designers like Raymond Loewy, Charles Eames, George Nelson and Dieter Rams were shepherds of the brands they were working with. They had influence over the products and how companies communicated and promoted themselves.

  

  Yves Behar
  • Believe
  • Age
  • Design

• Some hedge fund managers have made big bucks trading oil futures - George Soros is one.

  

  Gary Weiss
  • Big
  • Oil
  • Trading

• Adam Smith is misread as being amoral precisely because people don't read his first book, because they don't read 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments.'

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • People
  • Book
  • Moral

• In omnibus proeliis expeditionis condicio talis est, ut quod tibi prodest aduersarium noceat, quod illum adiuuat tibi semper officiat.

  

  Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

• In a person's career, well, if you're process-oriented and not totally outcome-oriented, then you're more likely to be success. I often say 'pursue excellence, ignore success.' Success is a by-product of excellence.

  

  Deepak Chopra
  • Career
  • Success
  • Ignore

• I decided to pursue Christian music in that moment, the moment my music and faith come together, and that how God called me to make Christian music.

  

  Jamie Kimmett
  • Music
  • God
  • Moment

• I scroll through Instagram and Twitter, and whenever I see something that speaks to me, I take a screenshot to save it for red carpet inspiration. Sometimes, if I see an outfit I like on the street, I'll take a picture, too. References are so important.

  

  Ally Brooke Fifth Harmony
  • Important
  • Picture
  • Inspiration

• Isn't it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Done
  • Day
  • Amazing

• I don't defend the idea of universal love. It has never existed and will never exist.

  

  Jose Saramago