Alberto Moravia Quotes
An uncertain evil causes anxiety because, at the bottom of one's heart, one goes on hoping till the last moment that it may not be true; a certain evil, on the other hand, instills, for a time, a kind of dreary tranquillity.
Quotes to Explore
-
I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
-
I want to play interesting women.
-
I want to help people; that's it.
-
Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
-
I'm tired of malicious articles slandering me.
-
A closed mind is a dying mind.
-
While it's easy for South Sudan to feel distant, the situation is all too real for the South Sudanese mothers choosing which child gets to eat tomorrow. This is a time when we must look outward together and declare that humanity has no borders - no one deserves to suffer like this, especially in a world of such abundance.
-
In boxing, it's one fight, so it's easier to build up rivalries, but everyone's got huge respect for each other.
-
My parents sent me to a dance class, so it was a road chosen by them, not me. But I enjoyed it so much I knew I would become a performer.
-
Special emphasis should be laid on this intimate interrelation of general statements about empirical fact with the logical elements and structure of theoretical systems.
-
My kids think America is swimming pools on the roof, screening rooms, and hot dogs. They love it here.
-
You realize mortality is everywhere.
-
Oh God, are you supposed to collect things? I don't collect things. I like throwing things away.
-
I don't really make plans and I just want to be happy and continue with my business and take care of my wife and kids. I want to sit back, relax and enjoy life.
-
There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one day be required to suffer.
-
I get invited to premieres, and I've been to a few fashion shows and stuff, but I always get really bored. I feel quite awkward. You have to wear something by them, and it all feels like, 'Why am I doing free advertising for you?'
-
The two most misused words in the entire English vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend would die for you, so when you start trying to count them on one hand, you don't need any fingers.
-
Armageddon is not a foreign policy.
-
Be able to keep a secret or promise when you know in your heart that it is the right thing to do.
-
But I think writing should be a bit of a struggle. We're not writing things that are going to change the world in big ways. We're writing things that might make people think about people a little bit, but we're not that important. I think a lot of writers think we are incredibly important. I don't feel like that about my fiction. I feel like it's quite a selfish thing at heart. I want to tell a story. I want someone to listen to me. And I love that, but I don't think I deserve the moon on a stick because I do that.
-
I have a passion to do theater.
-
An uncertain evil causes anxiety because, at the bottom of one's heart, one goes on hoping till the last moment that it may not be true; a certain evil, on the other hand, instills, for a time, a kind of dreary tranquillity.
