Jacinto Benavente famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Everyone thinks that having a talent is a matter of luck; no one thinks that luck could be a matter of talent.
-- Jacinto Benavente

#Thinking #Luck #Matter
The more we reduce the size of our world, the more we shall be its master.
-- Jacinto Benavente

#Our World #Simplicity #Size
Blessed are those who imitate us for they shall inherit our faults.
-- Jacinto Benavente

#Blessed #Faults
He who is jealous, is never jealous of what you see, with what is imagined is enough.
-- Jacinto Benavente

#Jealousy #Jealous #Enough

Before one can walk as Christ walked, and talk as He talked, he must first begin to think as Christ thought.
The interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isnâ€™t wishful thinking. Itâ€™s the rule.
Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'
A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.
Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it. And then he feels that perhaps there isn't.
Strapped, noosed, nighing his hour, He stood and counted them and cursed his luck; And then the clock collected in the tower Its strength, and struck.
With luck, a writer capable of producing both Slouching Towards Kalamazoo and The Blood of the Lamb will not remain unappreciated for long.
We're trying to work on Sami to get through that and shoot the puck. MacInnis shot the puck all the time. If there was a fool who wanted to stand in front and break an ankle, tough luck.
Itâ€™s in how you carry yourself. Iâ€™ve always been a very mature person, and Iâ€™ve always known what I wanted. And I go after it no matter what.
I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.

Jacinto Benavente famous quotes

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