Antonio Porchia Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
-
To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
-
Problems will disappear as darkness disappears with the onset of light.
-
To rebuild this country will take a long time but we have the mandate and the people support us.
-
My kids have played sports all their life, and one thing I've tried to teach them when you lose, you try to be a gentleman about it.
-
It is long overdue that we have a woman as a legitimate contender for the White House. But Hillary Clinton is the definition of the establishment so many are determined to reject.
-
While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful.
-
When a president speaks, it's to multiple audiences.
-
What we aim to do, through public pressure, is help the environment protection bureau to enforce the law.
-
Schizophrenia cannot be understood without understanding despair.
-
I write books I'd enjoy reading, I'm the reader standing behind my shoulder.
-
I am always relaxed.
-
This is one Hart that you will not leave in San Francisco.
-
I think it's safe to say that 'manliness' was a common theme in my upbringing. It was an assumed status, but - and here's the important bit - it was the Rudyard Kipling kind. The emphasis was on gentlemanly conduct, sportsmanship, fairness and stoicism.
-
All you need is passion. If you have a passion for something, you'll create the talent.
-
'You like music, Mr. Gurgeh?' Hamin asked, leaning over to the man. Gurgeh nodded. 'Well, a little does no harm.'
-
I now spend a good part of my day dreaming of times past, present and future. As I try to survive on 15 hours sleep a day, I have plenty of time to enjoy vivid dreams. Being completely wheel-chaired doesn't stop my mind from roaming the universe - on the contrary!
-
I have absolutely no interest in running for president again.
-
The most used piece of kit in my kitchen is my saucepan. I use it every morning to cook my porridge in. The least used piece of equipment? I'd say a food mixer. I've never used it, I don't really know what they're for.
-
I think of myself as a Hollywood hillbilly, but I'm sick of all these questions people ask about Alabama. 'Do you have an outhouse?' 'Is there a lot of inbreeding in your family?' They think all Southerners don't have computers and TV sets and that we're all still living in 1862.
-
The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies: A National Trust Guide, which implied that the only pleasure you can get from Folly architecture is by calling the architect mad, and by laughing at the architecture.
-
El alma de todos sólo es el alma de cada uno.