Mary Oliver Quotes

Poetry is one of the ancient arts, and it began as did all the fine arts, within the original wilderness of the earth.

Mary Oliver

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 10, 1935

Topics

PoetryWildernessEarthWithinArts

I had a great grandmother who believed in so many strange superstitions. She used to tell the future from the things that catch on to the hem of your skirt when you've been sewing, and different colored threads would mean different things... Of course, all that influenced me quite a lot as a child.

Joanne Harris

FutureGreatChildMeYouStrange

I used to jump out of airplanes. I was a member of the 101st Airborne Division. When parachuting, you never look down at the ground. You feel for it with your legs. Your knees are your shock absorbers - you cannot tighten them. Same as skiing.

Jesse White

SkiingFeelYouLookDownJump

As the contest proceeded, public interest increased and the entire country watched to see which company would win the big government subsidies through the mountains.

John Moody

MountainsGovernmentWinCountrySee

We are shifting from a managerial society to an entrepreneurial society.

John Naisbitt

SocietyShiftingEntrepreneurial

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

John Updike

LeadershipLeaderQualityMenPeople

Yes, America is gigantic, but a gigantic mistake.

Sigmund Freud

MistakeAmericaYesGigantic

My input for the first 16, 17 years of my life was AM radio, FM radio - pretty mainstream stuff. Rolling Stone was probably as edgy as it got.

Trent Reznor

LifeMy LifeStoneEdgyFirstRadio

I have to travel a lot, but relaxation to me is when I am at home.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

HomeTravelI AmMeRelaxationAm

Every painful consequence of sin is a part of the punishment meted out for sin.

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

SinPunishmentOutPainfulPart

As I've gotten older and grown more independent, I think for myself, and that's how it should be.

Michelle Kwan

MyselfThinkIndependentMoreOlder

When my shoulder problems started, basic methods like massages and icing the shoulder did not help.

Mirko Cro Cop

ProblemsHelpShoulderStartedBasic

Thanks in part to the Patriot Act, the federal government has been able to demand some details of your online activities from service providers - and not to tell you about it.

Jonathan Zittrain

ServiceGovernmentDetailsYouTell

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