Jose Saramago

I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#i #i think #people #see #think

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#always #being #constant #constantly #construction

Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people marched in the streets.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 Saramago

#employment #give #global #happened #i

The wisest man I ever knew in my whole life could not read or write. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#ever #i #knew #life #man

Americans have discovered fear. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#fear

Being fired was the best luck of my life. It made me stop and reflect. It was the birth of my life as a writer. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#best #birth #fired #life #luck

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? ↗

— Jose Saramago

#base #bush #chavez #flag #him

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

— Jose Saramago

#better #essayist #i #i am #novelist

I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#am #been #convictions #i #i am

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 Saramago

#ask #bases #countries #does #how