John Donne Quotes

He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God.

John Donne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: 1572 - March 31, 1631

Topics

GodEyesSoulManSaySee

I don't have a political bone in my body.

Joan Allen

PoliticalBodyBone

Until I see an Arab country, a Muslim country, with a democracy, I won't understand how anyone can have a problem with how they're treated.

John Lydon

DemocracyProblemCountryUnderstand

For years, I meant to read 'Arabian Sands', Wilfred Thesiger's account of two punishing camel journeys during the late 1940s across Southern Arabia's Empty Quarter. Now that I have, I can sheepishly join the chorus of those who revere the book as one of the half dozen greatest works of modern English travel writing.

Michael Dirda

TravelWritingBookLateI CanNow

Central authority is bad. The bias should be for freedom. And without a central authority, there are lots of little authorities, and we learn which ones to trust.

John Stossel

FreedomTrustLearnBadAuthority

Life with a scientist who is often changing jobs and is frequently away at meetings and on lecture tours is not easy. Without a secure home base, I could not have made much progress.

John Pople

LifeHomeProgressMeetingsEasy

Sleep resistance, bouts of insomnia, nightmares, night terrors, crawling into bed with parents in the middle of the night - all these are so common among children, it seems fair to call them 'normal.'

Siri Hustvedt

ChildrenSleepParentsNightBed

I think putting your relationship out there for people to interpret and have their own opinion about, I think it's crazy.

Travis Barker

RelationshipPeopleCrazyOpinion

I grew up hearing stories about how my maternal grandfather had put himself through engineering school in New York City. He saved money by walking down to a gas station once a week to take a shower. When I applied to college, both education and investment value were important to me.

Jason Kilar

EducationMoneySchoolValueCollege

I hate flying. My stomach churns at the mere thought of it.

Jonathan Dimbleby

HateFlyingThoughtStomachMere

You exorcise the things that haunt you. That's one good thing about any artistic discipline.

Diego Luna

GoodDisciplineYouThingsHaunt

I'm gonna keep making music that hopefully I think is good, and whatever comes out of that, that will be fine with me.

Chris Stapleton

GoodMusicMeThinkWillWhatever

It's so crazy to think about touring with Weezer because that's a band that I grew up with.

Brendon Urie

CrazyThinkBandUpBecauseAbout

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