English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Jose Saramago quotes

Portuguese Writer November 16, 1922 – June 18, 2010

Cite this Page: Citation

Quotes

Jose Saramago quote: " we are only ever pretending to ourselves, never to other..."
... we are only ever pretending to ourselves, never to other people ... Jose Saramago
I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases? Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die."
In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die. Jose Saramago
We are so afraid of the idea of having to di? that we always try to find excuses for the dead, as if we were asking beforehand to be excused when it is our tur? Jose Saramago
all stories are like those about the creation of the universe, no one was there, no one witnessed anything, yet everyone knows what happened. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "Just as the habit does not make the monk, the sceptre does not..."
Just as the habit does not make the monk, the sceptre does not make the king. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "Words have their own hierarchy, their own protocol, their own..."
Words have their own hierarchy, their own protocol, their own artistic titles, their own plebeian stigmas. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "News is nothing but words, and you can never really tell if..."
News is nothing but words, and you can never really tell if words are news. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to..."
The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic..."
The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it..."
There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "The virtue of maps, they show what can be done with limited..."
The virtue of maps, they show what can be done with limited space, they foresee that everything can happen therein. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "Perhaps only in a world of the blind will things be what they..."
Perhaps only in a world of the blind will things be what they truly are. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "It's the difference between a categorical "Get up" and a..."
It's the difference between a categorical "Get up" and a tentative "What about trying to get up?". Jose Saramago
In this case, consulting the dictionary would simply mean discovering what one already knew, Dictionaries only provide information that is likely to be useful to everyone Jose Saramago

Popular Author

Related Authors