Fernando Pessoa Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
-
I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.
-
It doesn't matter if you look different. You're still the same as everybody else because you have the same dream.
-
The cliche of what a rock star is - there's something elitist about it. I never related to that. I'm an entertainer. I think of it as, you're performing for people. It's not a self-glorification thing.
-
I'm very inspired by him-it was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
-
Everyone asks me if I'm the princess or if my brothers beat me up. The younger ones I can deck pretty easily. With the older ones, it's harder.
-
I appreciate when people enjoy my work, but I don't like being recognized in public.
-
The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.
-
I talk to the universe all the time.
-
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
-
We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
-
There were periods of my life when a lot of people didn't believe in me. I still had faith in myself. I really had to ask myself life questions. Where do I see myself in five years? Create a ladder for yourself, and walk up the steps. Climb that ladder.
-
It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.
-
Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do - can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do.
-
I feel it's tougher for the guys, because if I break up with them, then they can go on and be forced to watch me on TV every day. I don't see them.
-
If this whole acting thing doesn't work out, I'll just get a talk show.
-
May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
-
I think that Yulia Tymoshenko should prepare to resign. She understands that well.
-
Yes, TV is the dominant medium in Pakistan, but it was a conscious decision to have an Indian film as my first release. Being launched in an Indian film with a great script, character, and music is half the battle won. The rest is destiny.
-
Fuck that! Look at shorty, she a little cutie yo (yeah)The way she shake it make me wanna get all in the booty yo (whoo!)Top miss, just hit the bangin' bitches in videos (huh?)
-
We cannot step aside and say that we have achieved our goal by inventing a new drug or a new way by which to treat presently incurable diseases, a new way to help those who suffer from malnutrition, or the creation of ideal balanced diets on a worldwide scale. We cannot rest till the way has been found, with our help, to bring our finest achievement to everyone.
-
The point of an accelerator is to teach you about companies and business, not about technology.
-
I expect that these infringement proceedings will attract member states' awareness, that these things will be (fixed). I hope there will be measures taken by the member states.
-
Destiny gave me only two things: a few accounting books and the gift of dreaming.
