Fernando Pessoa Quotes

Smell is a strange sight. It evokes sentimental landscapes through a sudden sketching of the subconscious.

Fernando Pessoa

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• In the military I could exercise the power of being automatically respected because of the medals on my chest, not because I had done anything right at the moment to earn that respect. This is pretty nice. It's also a psychological trap that can stop one's growth and allow one to get away with just plain bad behavior.

  

  Karl Marlantes
  • Done
  • Power
  • Bad

• I feel like I've accomplished everything I could in the dunk contest. It would be hard for me to go back and outdo myself.

  

  Zach LaVine
  • Me
  • Feel
  • Hard

• It's true that I love to connect with my fans on the social networking sites, but I try not to go overboard, ever. I just give people a peek into my mind space, but never bombard them with my tweets.

  

  A. R. Rahman
  • People
  • Mind
  • Love

• No matter how rich you are, you can't get healthy air.

  

  Ma Jun
  • Air
  • Matter
  • Rich

• Hispanic values are conservative values. Hispanics are highly religious, they're very strongly pro-traditional family... not only pro-family, but also pro-life. They are highly patriotic.

  

  Rafael Cruz
  • Life
  • Family
  • Religious

• I'm a beauty guru, I just love all of that stuff. We have a makeup artist for 'Dance Moms' that touches us up and stuff, but I love doing my own makeup; sometimes I do my friends', too. My favorite is doing eye shadow and eyeliner.

  

  Maddie Ziegler
  • Up
  • Love
  • Friends

• The requirements for our evolution have changed. Survival is no longer sufficient. Our evolution now requires us to develop spiritually - to become emotionally aware and make responsible choices. It requires us to align ourselves with the values of the soul - harmony, cooperation, sharing, and reverence for life.

  

  Gary Zukav
  • Life
  • Soul
  • Choices

• Can the 'word' be pinned down to either one period or one church? All churches are, of course, only more or less unsuccessful attempts to represent the unseen to the mind.

  

  Florence Nightingale
  • Mind
  • Church
  • Period

• I sometimes think God is a s-t - and he wouldn't be worth it otherwise. He's much more interesting when he's a s-t.

  

  Madeleine L'Engle
  • God
  • Interesting

• There’s so much goodness there, and such a value placed on education, which is sort of universal among Jews around the world. I appreciate that obviously, to be a part of that.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • World
  • Education
  • Value

• To me, the simplest things can have the highest value.

  

  Brunello Cucinelli
  • Value

• True public safety requires a collaboration between law enforcement and the community.

  

  Betsy Hodges
  • True
  • Law
  • Community

• Many instances of persecution and killing have occurred in countries with atrocious human rights records such as Sri Lanka, Guatemala and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  

  David Suzuki

• Obviously, I like guys that can defend other positions. Draymond Green is doing a great job with Golden State. Jimmy Butler brings it every night when I'm out there.

  

  Kawhi Leonard
  • Great
  • Job
  • Night

• I'm just going out there to do my role, the same role - defense first - and then see how the ball turns out on the offensive end.

  

  Kawhi Leonard

• Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.

  

  Dorothy Height
  • Life
  • Important
  • Strong

• There is only one secure foundation: a genuine, deep relationship with Jesus Christ, which will carry you through any and all turmoil. No matter what storms are raging all around, you'll stand firm if you stand on His love.

  

  Charles Stanley
  • Relationship
  • Jesus
  • Deep

• I change, like every single normal person.

  

  Kevin Pietersen
  • Single

• I think it's good to have pressure on yourself. The worst crime is to get kind of really complacent.

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Good
  • Yourself
  • Pressure

• Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.

  

  Charles Baudelaire
  • Nature

• What I assert, deny, question, in the present, I still can. But mostly I shall use the various tenses of the past. For mostly I do not know, it is perhaps no longer so, it is too soon to know, I simply do not know, perhaps shall never know.

  

  Samuel Beckett
  • Past
  • Question
  • Present

• Guys don't reverse-relate. Guys are like, 'You're hot. Shut up.' Girls reverse-relate. They think a lot about relationships.

  

  Aaron Karo
  • Relationships
  • Relate
  • Reverse

• God is able to see beforehand all that happens in our lives and in the world, and He is able to establish a plan of how it can be used for His purpose and His glory. We are assured, “All the nations You have made will come and bow down before You, Lord, and will honor Your name” (Ps. 86:9).

  

  Ed Stetzer
  • Purpose
  • Lord
  • God Is

• Smell is a strange sight. It evokes sentimental landscapes through a sudden sketching of the subconscious.

  

  Fernando Pessoa