Luis Fernando Verissimo famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Imagine the marvels we would experience if we believed in the things in which we don't believe.
-- Luis Fernando Verissimo

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Intellectual controversies tend to be like dog fights without the teeth, in which the barking not the biting does the damage.
-- Luis Fernando Verissimo

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A country scratching a lazy irritation at sagging doorjambs and late trains, whose greatest attribute is a collective, smelly tolerance, where a chap will put up with almost everything, which means he won't care about anything enough to get out of a chair.A country of public insouciance and private, grubby guilt, where you can believe anything as long as you don't believe it too fervently. A country where the highest aspiration is for a quiet life.
The Christian that is bound by his own horizon, the church that lives simply for itself, is bound to die a spiritual death and sink into stagnancy and corruption. We never can thank God enough for giving us not only a whole Gospel to believe, but a whole world to give it to.
I believe in instinct, not reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out of ten it is wrong.
I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.
I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.
Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without
I have a love in my life. It makes me stronger than anything you can imagine.
One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
The universe is real, but you can't see it. You have to imagine it.
Try to imagine where we'd be without you, darlin', and then maybe you'll see just how lucky we got.

Luis Fernando Verissimo famous quotes

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