Ross Gay Quotes

The madness of spring is so enticing. I love it when things are opening up and emerging from the ground. I also love the middle of summer when fruit is bursting forth, but I even love the garden in the winter when everything is resting.

Ross Gay

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 1, 1974

Topics

LoveWinterSpringFruitMadness

There is nothing stable in the world; uproar's your only music.

John Keats

MusicWorldNothingOnlyYour

I will say that I wasn't susceptible to Tony Robbins-like pitches, even as a younger man.

Andy Kindler

ManSayWillEvenYoungerPitches

I got a .30-30 for Christmas in the seventh grade. It wasn't what I asked for, by the way.

Matt Bomer

ChristmasWayGotGradeAsked

In my field, you either want to be great or you shouldn't be doing it.

Rotimi

GreatDoingYouWantFieldEither

Fiction is a very powerful tool for teaching history. The Philippines was the first Iraq, the first Vietnam, the first Afghanistan, in the sense that it was the United States' initial or baptismal experience in nation-building.

Miguel Syjuco

HistoryExperiencePowerfulFirst

If I were related to Monet, I don't know if I would be comfortable becoming an artist because it's too much, the comparison. If I wrote a book and put it out, the comparison to my great-grandfather, the comparison would be hilarious. Every critic, it would be their dream, they'd tear me apart.

Dree Hemingway

MeBookArtistDreamToo MuchKnow

I want every man on the force to try his best, his level best, to try to avoid arresting anyone. I know that this going to take great will power but try.

Chill Wills

PowerGreatBestManKnowWant

We supported the contras. We're not against all opposition to government, or all paramilitary operations.

Chris Matthews

GovernmentOperationsOpposition

Can you imagine that Cuba and Europe's youth, who had forgotten about traditional music, who only thought of rock music, are now looking back towards their grandparents? That is a phenomenon.

Compay Segundo

MusicYouthLooking BackLookingYou

I'm a player, the coaches coach.

Austin Seferian-Jenkins

CoachPlayerCoaches

If I had to change one thing about my life, it would probably be, I wouldn't be famous. Because when you're famous it's so hard.

Willow Smith

LifeChangeFamousMy LifeYouHard

In Cuba you get a quarter of a chicken per month. They give you one bread per person a day. So, it makes your life really tough.

William Levy

LifeDayToughYouPersonChicken

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