Mary Oliver Quotes

Almost anything is too much. I am trying in my poems to have the reader be the experiencer. I do not want to be there. It is not even a walk we take together.

Mary Oliver

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WalkTogetherI AmTryingToo Much

When people talk about televisual phenomena such as 'Big Brother,' I haven't a clue what they're talking about. Having said that, if I'm staying in a hotel and there's a television in there, I'll go straight to it and watch it as if it's some incredible new invention.

Jodhi May

BrotherPeopleHotelTalkingGoNew

At its best, management theory is part of the democratic promise of America. It aims to replace the despotism of the old bosses with the rule of scientific law. It offers economic power to all who have the talent and energy to attain it.

Matthew Stewart

PowerBestTalentLawManagement

When I was with WWE, people would have me sign merchandise that I didn't even know existed.

Rob Van Dam

PeopleMeKnowWWEWouldSign

My kids are not known, and I think that is very important. So far they have lived a normal life, and will continue to do so. I feel they should have the possibility to live a free life without the burden of fame I have created.

Michael Schumacher

LifeLiveFreeThinkFeelBurden

I am a writer. I suppose I think that the highest gift that man has is art, and I am audacious enough to think of myself as an artist - that there is both joy and beauty and illumination and communion between people to be achieved through the dissection of personality.

Lorraine Hansberry

BeautyArtMyselfPersonalityJoy

My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school.

Dolly Parton

SchoolHusbandLivedUsFiveRaise

When I was 18 at the Santa Ana River Jetty is where I put my first board in the water that I ever got from Joe Quigg. I was just riding the whitewater in, and I was just in heaven.

Dick Dale

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I like low-maintenance girls, but at the same time, classy. She needs to take care of herself. But also be a girl who isn't afraid to get sweaty and play basketball, so it's cool if she's a tomboy.

Chris Brown

GirlTimeCoolBasketballCarePlay

If one person feels the way I felt when I first fell in love with country music, then I'm doing my job.

Cole Swindell

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There is nothing at all that God won't forgive.

Anne Graham Lotz

GodNothingForgive

I used to draw and design my own furniture in college but never had the means to build them.

Shervin Pishevar

CollegeDesignFurnitureBuildNever

When I was young, it was fun being in the locker room and shagging balls in the outfield in spring training. But I couldn't keep my attention on the games for more than 30 minutes. I would sit there with my Game Boy the whole game.

Shane Larkin

TrainingFunSpringGameAttention

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