Top 813 Quotes & Sayings by Portuguese Authors - Page 11

I got an offer from Paris Saint-Germain, who wanted me, but I said no out of love for Tottenham. Maybe that was a mistake.

For many people, Timbuktu has long represented the essence of remoteness: a mythical, faraway place located on the boundaries of our collective consciousness. But like many of the myths associated with colonialism, the reality is very different.

I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my travel destinations according to their degree of usefulness to my work.

I took a selfie to prove to myself that I exist!

Moise Kean is Moise Kean and Lukaku is Lukaku. It doesn't make sense to make these comparisons.

I try to work out twice a week. I don't restrict myself from any food in my diet; I think it's all about balance. I'm also very lucky with my genetics and metabolism.

My friends ask me if I want more kids, and I always say yes, I want more; it's the best thing you can have in your life.

I try to be happy and to give a smile.

It's hard being in a band. It's hard being in a relationship like that. But at the end of the day, when you have great fans, as corny as that sounds, if the fans show up and the passion that they have, they're the ones that make us want to keep going.

What I want is to see our team be ourselves.

As a global community, we face a choice. Do we want migration to be a source of prosperity and international solidarity, or a byword for inhumanity and social friction?

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

I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies, until the model is exhausted. I prefer perplexity, doubt, uncertainty, not just because it provides a more 'productive' literary raw material, but because that is the way we humans really are.

True health infuses positive energy in the mind, body and spirit; it is a main focus in my life.

There has to be a level of entertainment. But the trophy cabinet is something that is more visible.

The spotlight is something that I don't think is disturbing to me. It doesn't disturb me whatsoever.

I come from a big family of musicians, so I was lucky enough to grow up with guitars all around the house. Even though I didn't really know much at the time, my brother had a Les Paul Goldtop, and my dad always had this Fender or some bizarre Pedulla-Orsini guitar.

The Premier League is the best in the world. It is fascinating because of all the teams, the atmosphere and stadiums. The football is of course a little more aggressive, there is more contact but I like this.

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying you have a political conscience but you don't agree with any of the existing parties.

My players, because they work with me every day, they know my commitment and how I work.

You can't think about what you're going to do in the future until you've done things in the present.

Trash my acting and my films. But don't gossip about my personal life.

Many people look at me and think they know me but they don't at all. This is the real me. I am a humble person, a feeling person. A person who cares about others, who wants to help others.

If I am not playing to win, I don't want to play.

When everything goes well, they say good things about the manager and when something is wrong it is normal as well the manager gets pressure.

After Benfica, Manchester is very close to my heart.

I spent seven years with Jose and we were part of a very good technical staff. We went to top class clubs at Porto, Chelsea and Inter Milan and worked with top players who gave us such a tremendous volume of success.

My vision of coming to Manchester United is that I'm at one of the best clubs in the world, for me, the best club in England.

Players can only achieve their true 'potential if they are not 'shackled and are able to stand on their own two feet.

It obviously bothers people when Real Madrid win. It makes them jealous. There isn't a level playing field.

I think I'm a music fan before anything else.

I bought some land in Portugal, on the highest hill in Guimaraes, because I pictured that I wanted to build my house there. I said, 'What a perfect place this would be,' but I forgot to ask the council if I could build a house there. When I did, they said, 'No!'

There was interest from clubs in Italy and England, I believe. But I've never been attracted by the way they play in Italy. Staying in Spain was always my preference.

I believe that Europe without Britain at the heart will be less reform-driven, less open, less international Europe.

It's always flattering when someone covers a song. I mean, when you're a young band, and you're unsigned - to think that someday people would want to cover one of your songs - it's just mind-blowing.

When the characters are believable and endearing, action scenes, for example, make an impact. Otherwise, the audience gets no kick out of action. The biggest strength of 'MCA' is that its characters are real.

I am confident when I take the penalty otherwise I would pass for somebody else.

I was the best player in the world, top scorer in the world and Europe.

I will never be tired to play.

The left-wing thinkers and intellectuals have been more misogynist with me than the army. They can't accept that a young woman is able to think, and they underestimate the intellectual work and study I might have done. They ask who is the man behind me.

In football, I don't have a lot of friends. The people who I really trust, there are not many... Most of the time, I'm alone.

A writer's definitive death is when no one reads his books anymore. That's the final death.

I come from a large family, with 16 cousins. My cousins studied well and moved to the U.S. When we all gathered together for special occasions, they would be well groomed and confident. I was the odd, useless one out. All I wanted was to be able to earn without my dad's help and be self-sufficient enough to own a house and a vehicle.

I joke every day, pranks, sometimes.

The touring part is really mixed. You love to play and you can't wait to go, but you don't want to leave.

My personal opinion is that an actor shouldn't bother himself about expanding his market. He or she should just do good films.

I feel bad to keep someone hanging. So if I'm not inclined to do a film, I am forthright about my decision.

When a club pays money it's because it's his value in the market.

Facing the press is not easy, but because you have to go, you have to try to take a lot of positive things for yourself from these face-to-face meetings.

A brainy person does not abuse copyright; instead they respect it and uphold it.

I am like all Portuguese people in that I admire Mourinho a lot.

I've always tried to play for the team, not just for myself but for the whole team.

I think sometimes drive and ambition of individuals should not be confused as arrogance, and sometimes Cristiano gets that tag on him.

Having, and building, a team that plays good football is important.

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land to install a military base, and he only wanted to plant a Venezuelan flag there?

Every player wants to be there in the national team.

I'm Portuguese. After lunch, I need an espresso.

I know how much football means in England. They love it. That's why it's great to be here.

I'm sad for younger bands that don't have a home that they know they can go to, like the twenty-five labels that used to be around that they know they can hang their hat and know that they'll give 'em three, four, five albums to develop.

Football is a universal language.