What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?

Quote by Jose Saramago

Topics: Kindness Quotes, World Quotes

I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies,...

I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies,...

I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.

I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.

I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.

I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.

Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the...

Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the...

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a...

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a...

The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left...

The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left...

The period that I could consider the most important in my literary work came about...

The period that I could consider the most important in my literary work came about...

Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and...

Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and...

There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so...

There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so...

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a...

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a...

Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not...

Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not...

I am the same person I was before receiving the Nobel Prize. I work with...

I am the same person I was before receiving the Nobel Prize. I work with...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

The world had already changed before September 11. The world has been going through a...

The world had already changed before September 11. The world has been going through a...

I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States?...

I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States?...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has...

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has...

Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature:...

Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature:...

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the...

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the...

I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret,...

I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret,...