Quotes About Interpretation

Each interpreted the other's words in his own way, and the lived in perfect harmony, the perfect solidarity of perfect Mutual misunderstanding.

Životopisci neznají sexuální život svých vlastních manželek, ale myslí si, že vÄ›dí vÅ¡echno o pohlavních tajemstvích Stendhala nebo Faulknera.

It takes a very great intelligence to breathe logical meaning into meaningless ideas.

Tomás no se daba cuenta en aquella ocasión de que las metáforas son peligrosas. Con las metáforas no se juega. El amor puede surgir de una sola metáfora.

Cuando alguien me cuenta qué es lo que le gusta o lo que no le gusta, no lo tomo nunca en serio o, mejor dicho, lo entiendo solo como un testimonio acerca de la imagen que pretende dar.

los símbolos, como sabemos, son intocables

Nic z dÄ›jinných událostí nelze pÃ…â"¢edpokládat jako obecnÄ› známé, a o dÄ›jích, jež se staly pÃ…â"¢ed pár lety, musím proto vyprávÄ›t, jako by byly staré tisíc let:

Las mujeres tienen una habilidad mágica para modificar 'ex post' el sentido de sus actos.

metaphors are dangerous.

But although they had a clear understanding of the logical meaning of the words they exchanged, they failed to hear the semantic susurrus of the river flowing through them.

Looked at from the outside, I haven't experienced anything. Looked at from the outside! But I have a feeling that my experience inside is worth writing about and could be interesting to everybody.

Each interpreted the other's words in his own way, and they lived in perfect harmony, the perfect solidarity of perfect mutual misunderstanding.

Scepticism does not abolish the world, it turns it into questions.

Tomás compreendeu então que as metáforas são perigosas. Não se brinca com as metáforas. O amor pode nascer de uma simples metáfora

Tomas ne comprenait pas alors que les métaphores sont une chose dangereuse. On ne badine pas avec les métaphores. L'amour peut naître d'une seule métaphore.

The important thing was not what the conversation was but what it represented.

Op het toneel: de dialoog moet de toeschouwer een zo begrijpelijk en helder mogelijk idee verschaffen van het dramatisch conflict van de personages; in werkelijkheid: de persoanges die met elkaar praten, kennen elkaar en weten waarover ze het hebben; daardoor is hun dialoog voor een derde nooit helemaal begrijpelijk; hij blijft raadeslachtig, als het dunne oppervlak van het gezegde boven de onmetelijkheid vna het ongezegde.

Don't play what's there; play what's not there.

Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.

I was good with maps, plain and simple. But what obsessed me about them was never their scientific utility. I did not look on them as mere tools but as mysterious and almost sentient beings.37 Maps spoke to me. They still do.

Da li znaš da ?itaš poljupce? Poljupci su kao ljubavna pisma. Mogu se pro?itati, a mogu se baciti nepro?itani. Poljubac može da zna?i zdravo! Ili laku no?, zbogom, ili dobro jutro! On zna?i dovi?enja, nosi izdaju i smrt, ili bolest, govori dobro došli, seti me se, ili sre?an put! Poljubac je zalog sre?e, se?anje, laž, obe?anje, ili dug sa kamatom. Vesnik radosti ili nesre?e. Kroz poljubac jedno naše telo odlazi u naše drugo telo...

Each of us promenades his thought, like a monkey on a leash. When you read, you always have to such monkeys: your own and one belonging to someone else. Or, even worse, a monkey and a hyena. Now, consider what you will feed them. For a hyena does not eat the same things as a monkey...

When we read, it is not ours to absorb all that is written. Our thoughts are jealous and they constantly black out the thoughts of others, for there is not room enough in us for two scents at on time.

When we read, it is not ours to absorb all that is written. Our thoughts are jealous and they constantly blank out the thoughts of others, for there is not room enough in us for two scents at one time.