Fernando Botero Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I was thinking of going to London drama schools or to New York, because France didn't accommodate the things I wanted to do in film.
-
I love the way capitalism finds a place - even for its enemies.
-
Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.
-
But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.
-
The celebration of homeownership seems to be part of a countermovement against popular owning of shares in corporations.
-
The whole purpose of those attacks was to drive those contractors out. Lots of them had to leave. They were terrified.
-
I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
-
Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun. My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what's me.
-
My family was very, very receptive to all; all races, religions.
-
I don't need fame and I don't need power and I don't need wealth. I'm in need of friends, which I have found in abundance.
-
It always starts with a script. I like to have plenty of time to read something, and I always like to read a paper copy. I hate reading it on email. I sit down with a script, and want to see how it hits me. It's an instinctive process.
-
When I get into bed at night, I hope I don't get into it alone!
-
I like to laugh and make people have fun.
-
One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get to it... and the journey is always towards the other soul.
-
Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.
-
Compassion doesn't, of course, mean feeling sorry for people, or pity, which is how the word has become emasculated in a way.
-
We must speed up the time table for fathers, brothers and sons to provide their mothers, daughters and sisters with the same opportunities that they give themselves.
-
Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice.
-
I'm interested in beauty more than anything else.
-
People who truly understand God's purpose for their lives know that we are called to be intimately involved with one another.
-
It is weird. People will say, 'Oh my God, I love you.' And I'll say, 'Oh, that's so sweet. Thank you.' And the people who are walking around with me for the first time will say, 'I don't understand what happened. Somebody just told you they love you. I don't even understand what that means.'
-
The beautiful, passionate, ruined South, the land of magnolias and music, of roses and romance . . . living on the memory of crushing defeats.
-
“Telling stories about your memory of what happened may be entertaining for a while, but if that is all you can do it gets boring pretty fast.”
-
The circus leaves a sweet memory.
