John Donne Quotes

God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.

John Donne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GodAgeJusticeWarSicknessPieces

Not surprisingly, some of the super-rich declined to join the Patriotic Millionaires when the Agenda Project reached out to them. At least two airily dismissed the Bush tax cuts for millionaires and above - which will cost well over $700 billion over the coming decade - as small potatoes.

Joe Conason

SmallTaxWillProjectOverOut

Acceptance and assimilation, you know, breeds mediocrity and perhaps an even more sheep-like conformism in terms of what kind of music you're supposed to listen to if you're gay... What are you supposed to look like? What's your body supposed to look like?

John Cameron Mitchell

MusicAcceptanceMediocrityYouLook

In its first 30 years of existence, up to the mid 1970s, the practical applications of game theory were very limited, probably as a result of excessive preoccupation by game theorists with cooperative solution concepts.

John Harsanyi

GameSolutionResultFirstExistence

I remember Detroit feeling really unsafe, feeling scared a lot. Our house was broken into, our car was stolen, we had to get a watchdog, we would get beat up in the street, I had my bike stolen. There was just a lot of real anarchy on the streets and sidewalks.

Sufjan Stevens

CarBikeBrokenRememberHouseReal

To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.

Mary Oliver

WorkAttentionPay AttentionPayOur

The silence was part of the story I wanted to tell.

Joyce Maynard

SilenceStoryTellWantedPart

The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify the future.

Jorge Luis Borges

WorkFuturePastCreateJustFact

I feel ups and downs are a part of one's career, and this totally depends on how you take it. You can either be knocked down by the negative things, or you can take it in a positive way and learn from it.

Deepika Padukone

PositiveNegativeUps And DownsLearn

I did learn one great lesson from a past relationship, and that was to never talk about relationships in print again because I'd rather live my private life than read about it.

Brittany Murphy

LifeLiveRelationshipGreatPast

Once life is finished it acquires a sense; up to that point it has not got a sense; its sense is suspended and therefore ambiguous.

Pier Paolo Pasolini

LifePointUpGotSenseFinished

Deals are always a bit lumpy. We look at, 'Is it solving a problem for us?' And if it does, we move to acquisition.

Peggy Johnson

ProblemLookAlwaysUsMoveDeals

Ed Sheeran wrote his songs, so I wanted to write my own songs.

Shawn Mendes

My OwnWriteOwnSongsWantedHis

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