Eight – Quotes

When I was around

When I was around eight, I learned how to touch-type at school, and I received a computer as a present. I started writing plays, and for many years I thought I would be a playwright. Gabrielle Zevin

A life isn’t measured in hours or minutes. Its the quality not the length. All things considered I’ve been luckier than most. Almost sixteen years on Earth, and I’ve already had eight good ones here. I expect to have eight more before all’s good said and done. Nearly thirty-two years total, and that’s not too … Read more

I found my father’s

I found my father’s Super8mm film camera when I was around eight years old and started shooting with it. I had no idea what I was doing at the time, but that’s really where my filmmaking began. Gabriel Campisi

The only difference today

The only difference today between Liberals and Conservatives is that the Liberals go to mass at five o’clock and the Conservatives at eight. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

And I don’t want

And I don’t want you thinking that my girlfriend is a bad person. She is an amazing woman, the fact that I only have seven stories about her in eight years, says a lot. You know, don’t get me wrong, five of them happened this year, but that’s still way below the bar, you know … Read more

The years from about

The years from about eight to twelve constitute a unique period of human life. G. Stanley Hall

Eight out of 100

Eight out of 100 people in the Himalayas have published their own books. G. N. Devy

I rode horseback three

I rode horseback three miles each way to get to high school, and in bad weather it was a problem sometimes to make my eight o’clock class on time. Like others, I often missed school to help on the farm, especially in the fall, until after harvest, and in the spring, during planting season. Ezra … Read more

There is no reason

There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight Ezra Pound

I had watched for

I had watched for many years and seen how a few rich families held much of Argentina’s wealth and power in their hands. So Peron and the government brought in an eight hour working day , sickness pay and fair wages to give poor workers a fair go . Evita Peron