Ismail Kadare (Ismail Halit Kadare) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
-
I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.
-
What makes us Americans is our shared commitment to an ideal - that all of us are created equal, and all of us have the chance to make of our lives what we will.
-
I strongly believe that crossing the aisle for the good of the American people is more important than party politics.
-
When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be harrowing - it was far too much responsibility for someone my age.
-
When my father was arrested, we didn't know where they had him. My mother found him at the house of torture. It was called Villa Triste.
-
It doesn't really feel like it's got anything to do with me. I mean, I know I wrote it, and all that and invented the characters and made it up, but it's Mike's film, so doing the press and stuff, it feels a little bit inauthentic. I was just one component of it.
-
I'm never gonna change the skin, right? I'm very proud of what it implies and what it has meant to me... but then again, in Congress, I hope to make my mark as a colleague and as a leader.
-
It puzzled me that other people hadn't found out, too. God was gone. We were younger. We had reached past him. Why couldn't they see it? It still puzzles me.
-
What's important is to be able to see yourself, I think, as having commonality with other people and not determine, because of your good luck, that everybody is less significant, less interesting, less important than you are.
-
Art is inherently political. Even trying to make a film that has nothing to do with politics is, in and of itself, a political act.
-
Many writers who have had to deal with the subject of atrocity can't face it head-on.
-
We're all happier when we know less, because the details are frightening and haven't really improved much. The more you pay attention, the more horrifying the world is.
-
The Soviet Union's termination, which brought to an end the bipolar world, ushered in an era of U.S. hegemony. Hegemony, however, should not be confused with omnipotence. Hegemony is not omnipotence but is certainly preponderance.
-
When you're failing, there's a very powerful incentive to put ideology aside and just do what seems to work.
-
What do you get when you fall in love?You only get lies and pain and sorrowSo, for at least, until tomorrowI'll never fall in love again
-
Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth,When thought is speech, and speech is truth.
-
So I'm thinking about ??, or !!, or //, or \\, or whatever. But I think I like ?? the best so far. Or the least worst.
-
I prefer being known for my stand-up because I write it. I love being an actor, and saying other people's words is great. But then, when I do stand-up, I love getting my own point of view out there.
-
Necessity used to be the mother of invention, but then we ran out of things that were necessary. The postmodern mother of invention is desire; we don’t really “need” anything new, so we only create what we want.
-
I'm in this absolutely gorgeous manor house with acres of quite beautiful countryside. I've got trout in the river, an organic vegetable garden, I've got my work 40 yards from my home. I don't mind being criticised, but where are they criticising from? Which hut are they criticising me from, exactly?
-
You can't live on planet rock star 24/7; you have to be down and dirty and have some fun.
-
Work hard and believe in yourself even when nobody else believes in you.
-
Can one move an empire as if it were a house?
