Felipe González favourite quotes (page 9)

“They fear love because it creates a world they can't control.”

George Orwell book 1984

Source: 1984

“Big Brother is Watching You.”

George Orwell book 1984

Source: 1984

“It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.”

George Orwell book 1984

Source: 1984

“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.”

Oscar Wilde book The Soul of Man under Socialism

The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”

Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan

Lord Darlington, Act III
Source: Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”

Oscar Wilde book The Soul of Man under Socialism

The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
Context: With the abolition of private property, then, we shall have true, beautiful, healthy Individualism. Nobody will waste his life in accumulating things, and the symbols for things. One will live. To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

“You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

“And yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays.”

William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream

Source: A Midsummer Night's Dream

“I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.”

William Shakespeare book Much Ado About Nothing

Source: Much Ado About Nothing

“Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. then your love would also change.”

William Shakespeare book Romeo and Juliet

Source: Romeo and Juliet

“Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye.”

William Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost

Source: Love's Labour's Lost

“I mean, is ‘fat’ really the worst thing a human being can be? Is ‘fat’ worse than ‘vindictive’, ‘jealous’, ‘shallow’, ‘vain’, ‘boring’ or ‘cruel’? Not me.”

Joanne K. Rowling (1965) British novelist, author of the Harry Potter series

from Pansy Hermiones, 2006
2010s

“Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathise with humans whose experiences we have never shared.”

Joanne K. Rowling (1965) British novelist, author of the Harry Potter series

Harvard address (2008)

“And people say to me, they say Jesus wasn't Jewish. I say of course he was Jewish. 30 years old, single, lives with his parents. Come on! Work in his father's business, his mom thought he was God's gift! He's Jewish! Give it up!”

Robin Williams (1951–2014) American actor and stand-up comedian

Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (2002)

“In order to write about life first you must live it.”

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist

“As a writer, my goal, (which I'm never going to achieve, and I know that, and no writer can achieve that,) but my goal is to make you almost live the books… I want you to fall through that page and feel as if these things are happening to you.”

George Raymond Richard Martin (1948) American writer, screenwriter and television producer

Audio Interview http://www.geekson.com/archives/archiveepisodes/2006/episode080406.htm with Geekson http://www.geekson.com in Episode 54, (4 August 2006)

“Parry is a man with a previous life that was so damaged that he had to create another personality.”

Robin Williams (1951–2014) American actor and stand-up comedian

On his role in The Fisher King (1991), as quoted in "Dreams: The Fisher King" (2006) edited by Phil Stubbs http://www.smart.co.uk/dreams/fkprod1.htm
Context: Parry is a man with a previous life that was so damaged that he had to create another personality. … It's like post-traumatic stress syndrome: Some people respond to traumatic or tragic events by withdrawal; some even create other personalities. Parry is a creation — somewhat Don Quixote, somewhat Groucho Marx — but he's a creation designed to avoid a past event.

“You know the difference between a tornado and divorce in the South? Nothing! Somebody's losing a trailer.”

Robin Williams (1951–2014) American actor and stand-up comedian

Weapons of Self Destruction (2010)

“Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.”

Robin Williams (1951–2014) American actor and stand-up comedian

"Robin Williams on Returning to TV, Getting Sober, and Downsizing in His 60s", Parade (12 September 2013) http://parade.condenast.com/154817/dotsonrader/robin-williams-on-returning-to-tv-getting-sober-and-downsizing-in-his-60s/

“Some goals and difficult goals are reached only by waiting, I can wait.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Alcuni traguardi e difficili obiettivi si raggiungono solo aspettando, io so aspettare.
Source: prevale.net