What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others.
More Quotes from Carlos Fuentes:
Perfect order is the forerunner of perfect horror.Carlos Fuentes
Human kind will prevail. And it will prevail because, in spite of the reaction of history, novels tell that art restores right in us that was disregarded by history. History is being what was, then literature offers what history has not always been,
Carlos Fuentes
This kid, in club, competed a triple full. She has room to grow. It's exciting to see. She's just hit the tip of the iceberg. She's highly motivated and she has no fear when she does high-level skills.
Carlos Fuentes
Religion is dogmatic. Politic is ideological. Reason must be logical, but literature has a privilege of being equivocal,
Carlos Fuentes
If the Soviet Union can give up the Brezhnev Doctrine for the Sinatra Doctrine, the United States can give up the James Monroe Doctrine for the Marilyn Monroe Doctrine Let's all go to bed wearing the perfume we like best.
Carlos Fuentes
I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them.
Carlos Fuentes
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
I love to unwind and watch movies, especially those from the classic black-and-white era.Fred Savage
A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday.
Russell Baker
The self is just not a worthy enough vehicle to worship.
Peter Coyote