I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases?
Jose SaramagoAt the end of the 1950s, I started working at a publishing company, Estudios Cor, as production manager, so returning, but not as an author, to the world of letters I had left some years before.
Jose SaramagoLook what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people marched in the streets. I think what we need is a global protest movement of people who won't give up.
Jose SaramagoMen are angels born without wings, nothing could be nicer than to be born without wings and to make them grow.
Jose SaramagoOften when you ask for one thing you receive another, this is the mysterious thing about prayer, we address them to heaven with some private intention, but they choose their own path, sometimes they delay, allowing other prayers to overtake them, frequently they overlap and become hybrid prayers of dubious origin, which quarrel and argue among themselves.
Jose Saramago