Fornes Quotes

#1. We can only do what is possible for us to do. But still it is good to know what the impossible is.

Maria Irene Fornes

#2. I'm sure that there are many Israelis who dream of waking up one day to find the Palestinians gone. And there are many Palestinians who dream of going to bed at night and waking up the next morning to find the Israelis gone.

Daniel Barenboim

#3. I have to live with my decisions, whether you like them or not.

Maria Irene Fornes

#4. Ultimately, you choose to be happy or miserable. The reality is that although you are free to choose, you can't choose the consequences of your choices. They're preloaded. It's a package deal.

Sean Covey

#5. There's no point putting your heart and soul into a part when you know in advance it isn't worth the trouble. I'm not speaking as a dedicated actress. Enthusiasm and hard work are requisites for any job a person undertakes. I tried working just for money once and it made me almost physically ill.

Lizabeth Scott

#6. When I'm not doing something that comes deeply from me, I get bored. When I get bored I get distracted and when I get distracted, I become depressed. It's a natural resistance, and it insures your integrity.

Maria Irene Fornes

#7. Glad-tidings to he who knows his own faults more than other people know it.

Ibn Hazm

#8. I think people like musicals. And when done with a modern comedic sensibility, musical comedy can be the most efficient delivery of both storytelling and jokes.

Rachel Bloom

#9. It was hard to reassure grown-ups when you weren't certain yourself what you were feeling and thinking - when thoughts dissolved before you could name them.

Paula Fox

#10. Pride is over-estimation of oneself by reason of self-love.

Baruch Spinoza

#11. Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.

Julia Ward Howe