- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father told me you have two loves in your life: What you do and the people you're with.
- Moral
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eroticism has its own moral justification because it says that pleasure is enough for me; it is a statement of the individual's sovereignty.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was young, I was a passionate reader of Sartre. I've read the American novelists, in particular the lost generation - Faulkner, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Dos Passos - especially Faulkner. Of the authors I read when I was young, he is one of the few who still means a lot to me.
- Hand
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- Nov 07, 2020
Faulkner was the first novelist I read with pen and paper in hand because his technique stunned me.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learnt to read when I was five, and I think that is the most important thing that happened to me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe something is wrong with me, but I just think I'm normal. I'm not super-skinny but I'm not super-fat. But I don't really care about what other people say.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first time at age 5 and a half, when I took a racket in my hands and my father fed me some balls, I made 50 backhands in a row - didn't miss a single one.
- Stop
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will have won Wimbledon this year in 2013, and I will stop with that. It was magnificent. You will certainly see me at tournaments again, but not playing.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents always told me that if you want something, you can do whatever you have to do to get it. As long as it's not against someone else.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a teenager, I didn't want to be me; I wanted to be many different people. Maybe I realized that they all lived inside me and that if I managed to connect with them, they would become aspects of me.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents definitely sparked something in me. I'm sure of it. I saw how happy and fulfilled they were, and I knew I wanted the same job.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everywhere we go, people recognize me.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020