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title: "12 Needs Quotes By José Saramago"
description: "12 Needs quotes by José Saramago. Plus more from José Saramago and more Needs sayings from other authors."
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> [But truths need to be repeated many times so that they don't, poor things, lapse into oblivion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/but-truths-need-to-be-repeated-many-times-so-that-they-don-t-poor/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63d/jos-saramago-208_lapses_but-truths-need-to-be-repeated-many-time_627478.png)

> [Earthenware is like people, it needs to be well treated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/earthenware-is-like-people-it-needs-to-be-well-treated/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb2/jos-saramago-208_needs_earthenware-is-like-people-it-needs-to-b_2535826.png)

> [Blind people do not need a name, I am my voice, nothing else matters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/blind-people-do-not-need-a-name-i-am-my-voice-nothing-else-matters/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/283/jos-saramago-208_blind_blind-people-do-not-need-a-name-i-am-my_1316463.png)

> [Death has no need to be cruel, taking people's lives is more than enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/death-has-no-need-to-be-cruel-taking-people-s-lives-is-more-than/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c52/jos-saramago-208_death_death-has-no-need-to-be-cruel-taking-peo_3141410.png)

> [The much-quoted immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary occurred but once so that the world might know that Almighty God, when He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/the-much-quoted-immaculate-conception-of-the-virgin-mary-occurred-but/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e0/jos-saramago-208_almighty_the-much-quoted-immaculate-conception-of_3185462.png)

> [Such is our need to shower blame on some distant entity when it is we who lack the courage to face up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/such-is-our-need-to-shower-blame-on-some-distant-entity-when-it-is-we/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20d/jos-saramago-208_blame_such-is-our-need-to-shower-blame-on-some_1589284.png)

> [The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/the-u-s-needs-to-control-the-middle-east-the-gateway-to-asia-it/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34b/jos-saramago-208_asia_the-u-s-needs-to-control-the-middle-east_2177642.png)

> [Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them so that each might express a tiny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/perhaps-it-is-the-language-that-chooses-the-writers-it-needs-making/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edb/jos-saramago-208_language_perhaps-it-is-the-language-that-chooses_1947003.png)

> [Whether we like it or not, the one justification for the existence of all religions is death, they need death as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/whether-we-like-it-or-not-the-one-justification-for-the-existence-of/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94a/jos-saramago-208_bread_whether-we-like-it-or-not-the-one-justif_471829.png)

> [Perfect moments, especially when they verge on the sublime have the grave disadvantage of being very short lived, which in fact, being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/perfect-moments-especially-when-they-verge-on-the-sublime-have-the/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/jos-saramago-208_disadvantage_perfect-moments-especially-when-they-ver_1444638.jpg)

> [“Somewhere in the infinite that He occupies, God advances and withdraws the pawns of the other games He plays, but it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/somewhere-in-the-infinite-that-he-occupies-god-advances-and-withdraws/)

[José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa1/jos-saramago-208_action_somewhere-in-the-infinite-that-he-occupi_673234.jpg)

> [The distribution of tasks among the various employees follows a simple rule, which is that the duty of the members of each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/the-distribution-of-tasks-among-the-various-employees-follows-a/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0c/jos-saramago-208_categories_the-distribution-of-tasks-among-the-vari_458143.jpg)

## Other authors on Needs

## More by José Saramago

> [“We are born, and at that moment, it is as if we had signed a pact for the rest of our life, but a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/we-are-born-and-at-that-moment-it-is-as-if-we-had-signed-a-pact-for/)

[José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [It takes little or nothing to undo reputations, the merest trifle makes and remakes them, it is simply a question of finding the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/it-takes-little-or-nothing-to-undo-reputations-the-merest-trifle/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [One can show no greater respect than to weep for a stranger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/one-can-show-no-greater-respect-than-to-weep-for-a-stranger/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [I am not a prophet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/i-am-not-a-prophet/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [With the passage of time, as well as the social evolution and genetic exchange, we ended up putting our conscience in the color of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/with-the-passage-of-time-as-well-as-the-social-evolution-and-genetic/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [“Al día siguiente no murió nadie.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/al-d-a-siguiente-no-muri-nadie/)

[José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [“E se as histórias para crianças passassem a ser de leitura obrigatória para os adultos? Seriam eles capazes de aprender realmente o que há…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/e-se-as-hist-rias-para-crian-as-passassem-a-ser-de-leitura-obrigat/)

[José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [In a king, modesty would be a sign of weakness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/in-a-king-modesty-would-be-a-sign-of-weakness/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [“the inmates of the second ward in the right wing have decided, at long last, to bury their dead, at least we shall be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/the-inmates-of-the-second-ward-in-the-right-wing-have-decided-at-long/)

[José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [“Stretching one arm behind him, the man passed his hand over the horse's coat, his own skin transformed, or skin which had transformed into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/stretching-one-arm-behind-him-the-man-passed-his-hand-over-the-horse/)

[José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/i-think-we-are-blind-blind-people-who-can-see-but-do-not-see/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [...you have to leave the island in order to see the island, that we can't see ourselves unless we become free of ourselves, Unless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/you-have-to-leave-the-island-in-order-to-see-the-island-that-we-can-t/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [anyone who gets up early by inclination or has been forced to rise early out of necessity finds it intolerable that others should go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/anyone-who-gets-up-early-by-inclination-or-has-been-forced-to-rise/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/society-has-to-change-but-the-political-powers-we-have-at-the-moment/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [“... aborrece os odores nocturnos, aquelas expansões do corpo a que nem poetas escapam".”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/aborrece-os-odores-nocturnos-aquelas-expans-es-do-corpo-a-que-nem/)

[José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

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