Aleixandre Vicente Quotes & Sayings

I would say a few words
in your ear. A doubtful man has little faith.
Live a long time and it gets dark, and suddenly you know you don't
know yourself.
But I'd say them even so. Since my eyes repeat what they take in:
your beauty, your name, the river's sound, the woods, the soul on its own. — Vicente Aleixandre

Try to pause each day and take a walk to view nature. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Nor is it a thought I leave behind me, but a heart made sweet with hunger and with thirst. — Kahlil Gibran

The accepted etymology of the word religion was that it came from religere, meaning "to bind together," but Cicero had said its true root was relegere, "to reread." The truth was, she liked both answers. — James S.A. Corey

Women have that weird way of trying to be feminist. You know, like 'hear me roar.' But what they really want is a man to open the door for them. — Leslie Bibb

Sad the holidays are over?
Hardly, said Victor. — V.E Schwab

My husband is the only guy I've ever dated where I've never been drunk around him. I couldn't handle dating without drinking in the past. — Alison Rosen

Free yourself from fruitlessly worrying about things you can't control and put your energy towards the things you can. Seize the day and take effective action on things you can change. — Steve Maraboli

Does he know about me? George wonders; do any of them? Oh yes, probably. It wouldn't interest them. They don't want to know about my feelings or my glands or anything below my neck. I could just as well be a severed head carried into the classroom to lecture to them from a dish. — Christopher Isherwood

Poetry must be human. If it is not human, it is not poetry. — Vicente Aleixandre

Poetry is a succession of questions which the poet constantly poses. — Vicente Aleixandre

Circumstances don't make you, they reveal you . — Chuck Pagano

I have a garden of my own, But so with roses overgrown, And lilies, that you would it guess To be a little wilderness. — Andrew Marvell

Hours of solitude, hours of creation, hours of meditation. Solitude and meditation gave me an awareness, a perspective which I have never lost: that of solidarity with the rest of mankind. — Vicente Aleixandre

Life is a marathon; pace yourself. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The Houston Astros want to change the name of Enron Field where they play. I guess the Enron name could cause problems for them. Like players could steal a base and then deny it. — Jay Leno

Once you confessed to someone that you had been very depressed when dining with her several months earlier. She was stunned, discovering her blindness like a time bomb. And you, faithful, kept a straight face. You — Edouard Leve

When you're a creative person and you create art with other people, whether you're married to them or not, you're going to run into creative conflicts. If you're a couple, certain inhibitions and barriers are gone. I have those barriers with other people, but I don't have them with my wife. — Black Francis

I don't answer the phone. I get the feeling whenever I do that there will be someone on the other end. — Fred Couples