Jorge Semprun Quotes

#1. You may hold as many (literature) degrees as your hands (and pockets) may take, but if you have NOT read the book 'Le Grand Voyage' by Jorge Semprun, preferably in French (Yes we can! and I can't speak that language) then you ain't seen nothing yet...

Itzik Sivosh

#2. Where there is a will there is a way. And this must be the way not of compulsion but of cooperation ... No government and no plan can succeed without it.

Lionel Murphy

#3. When I write, I make my memories tangible, and in this way I can get rid of them.

Jorge Semprun

#4. The thinker requires exactly the same light as the painter, clear, without direct sunshine, or blinding reflection, and, where possible, from above.

August Wilhelm Von Schlegel

#5. To make dollars from cents you have to have sense.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#6. Rasheed was a fixed entity, an unchanging, finished, permanent person, and the thought of teaching him anything was as unthinkable as training a turtle to sing. Turtles cannot sing and fathers cannot change. Neither fact demands alteration.

Karim Dimechkie

#7. There are ways to stimulate being prolific, and part of that is making pilgrimages, and being open to listening, changing up the routine.

Tori Amos

#8. When important decisions have to be taken, the natural anxiety to come to a right decision will often keep you awake. Nothing, however, is more conducive to healthful sleep than plenty of open air.

John Lubbock

#9. In my opinion, the Republican Party is the last on the list to care about the needs of old people and children and poor people.

Rickie Lee Jones

#10. It is the bungled crime that brings remorse.

P.G. Wodehouse

#11. Every thing new is fine.

George Herbert

#12. There's nothing I want less than a piece of cheese or a burger. I have nightmares I'm being force-fed these things. I have no interest in converting anyone. It's purely how I want to live my life. I don't judge anyone.

Ginnifer Goodwin

#13. What I learned from my kids is that the greatest joy in life is not from material trappings, power, or visibility. The greatest joy comes from your kids. Nothing is even close to my kids in terms of bringing me joy.

Guy Kawasaki

#14. The lightbulb is gone," she said awed. "Emma, you said, 'Lights, begone' and you literally made the lights be gone."
"How do I get them back?" I asked, panicked. "What's the opposite of begone? Regone?

Cara Lynn Shultz

#15. Many a man would have turned rogue if he knew how.

William Hazlitt