Mary Oliver Quotes

Words have not only a definition... but also the felt quality of their own kind of sound.

Mary Oliver

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

QualityWordsKindSoundOwnOnly

My biggest inspiration is to work with interesting filmmakers and learn from them in any way that I can.

Joe Cole

WorkLearnInterestingI CanWay

But money, wife, is the true Fuller's Earth for reputations, there is not a spot or a stain but what it can take out.

John Gay

MoneyWifeEarthTrueOutTake

I was miserable as a kid.

Maurice Sendak

MiserableKid

I want an ending that's satisfying. I'm more of a classical writer than a modernist one in that I want the ending to be coherent and feel like an ending. I don't like when it just seems to putter out. I mean, life is chaotic enough.

Jeffrey Eugenides

LifeEndingFeelEnoughWantMean

One of the major dangers of being alone in February is the tendency to dwell on past relationships. Whether you're daydreaming about that 'one that got away,' or you're recalling the fairy tale date you went on last Valentine's Day, romanticizing the past isn't helpful - nor accurate.

Amy Morin

AloneValentine's DayDayPastYou

You can always tell you're in deep trouble when people start thinking money's real.

John Ralston Saul

MoneyPeopleStartDeepThinking

Deadpool was always one of my favorite characters because of the way he handles all kinds of situations. His style and humor make him the perfect antihero.

Stefan Kapicic

StyleHumorPerfectWayHimAlways

My heart is half Puerto Rican, half Canadian. That is how I feel.

Roberto Alomar

HeartFeelHalfRicanI FeelHow

Yes, I very much like to have a personal stake in what I'm writing about.

Michael Pollan

WritingPersonalYesLikeMuchVery

To be honest, the real reason I did 'Drive' was because of Nicolas Winding Refn, the director.

Christina Hendricks

DriveDirectorRealReasonHonest

I actually moved to upstate New York to the country.

Boyd Holbrook

New YorkCountryNewActuallyMoved

We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and one are two. We are finding that we must learn a great deal more about 'and'.

Arthur Eddington

GreatThinkLearnFindingMoreTwo

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