Mary Oliver Quotes

To tell you the truth, I believe everything - tigers, trees, stones - are sentient in one way or another. You'd never catch me idly kicking a stone, for example.

Mary Oliver

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TruthMeBelieveTreesYouStone

I've tried writing on a computer thinking it would make me more efficient, but if you're writing crummy stuff, being efficient is no help.

Jennifer Egan

MeWritingThinkingHelpYouMore

Children are primed to take in something of more moral value than they're getting. I know I'm blowing my own horn here, but 'E.T.' had value to it in terms of the feeling about yourself that you walked away with.

Melissa Mathison

ChildrenYourselfValueYouMoral

The goal of Participant is to tell stories that serve as catalysts for social change. With our television channel, we can bring those stories into the homes of our viewers every day.

Jeffrey Skoll

ChangeDayEvery DayTelevisionGoal

My life, I swear, is, like, 75% public. I have a very small percentage of my life that is private. But I do keep that private life private.

Steve Aoki

LifeSmallMy LifePrivate LifeKeep

In any political job, you recognize that your time is going to be limited.

Rod Rosenstein

TimeJobPoliticalYouGoingYour

I'd rather not be known as the Vice President's lesbian daughter.

Mary Cheney

DaughterPresidentViceLesbian

I know, for me, I want to live in a community where people's basic needs are met.

Michael Tubbs

LiveCommunityPeopleMeKnowWant

I routinely failed to understand that 'simple and straightforward' would have been a much better product strategy for Lotus.

Mitch Kapor

SimpleBetterStrategyUnderstand

The dream of democracy has long been enshrined in the hearts of the Egyptian people. It only needed awakening.

Mohamed ElBaradei

PeopleDemocracyLongDreamHearts

For a long time all I wanted for Christmas were books about outdoor survival. I was convinced that the woods were calling me. I camped a lot, I took classes. At 18, I told myself if I don't live in the woods by myself by the time I'm 25, I have failed.

Chris Evans

LiveTimeMyselfMeWoodsSurvival

I wouldn't like to grow old alone.

Christine McVie

AloneGrowOldLike

I've experienced harassment. I've had male comedians be very inappropriate.

Phoebe Robinson

HarassmentComediansInappropriate

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