Joy Harjo Quotes

Most people don't know that Congo Square was originally a Muscogee ceremonial ground... in New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz.

Joy Harjo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 9, 1951

Topics

PeopleNewKnowJazzNew Orleans

Science fiction should not be dismissed as escapism. It is a profound vehicle for talking about social and political issues.

Robert J. Sawyer

SciencePoliticalTalkingProfound

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

Robert Frost

BirthdayAgeWomanManNeverAlways

Nevertheless there are certain peaks, canons, and clear meadow spaces which are above all compassing of words, and have a certain fame as of the nobly great to whom we give no familiar names.

Mary Hunter Austin

GreatWordsFameNamesAboveClear

I adore the tapestries at the Musee de Cluny in Paris!

Mary Helen Bowers

ParisAdore

You can figure out who you were by which movies you loved when.

Mary Schmich

LovedYouMoviesOutWhoFigure

I am unusual for a Frenchman - I have absolutely nothing against the United States.

Michel Hazanavicius

I AmNothingUnitedAgainstUnusual

Your hands, your eyes, your voice, your thoughts are your servants.

Loretta Young

EyesThoughtsVoiceHandsYour

Feeling gratitude isn't born in us - it's something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children.

Joyce Brothers

GratitudeThankfulChildrenBornUs

I just have one brother, younger than me.

Joseph Morgan

BrotherMeJustThanYounger

The participation in European elections was always not very exciting. People are very interested in European issues, but they don't see the person who is representing Europe.

Joschka Fischer

PeoplePersonParticipationSeeWho

Would you love a man of a broken shell after the passing of a women's soul?

Brian Perkins

LoveWomenSoulManBrokenYou

There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes the handling of these values in the churches is mainly the heavier dosage of religious vocabulary involved.

Peter L. Berger

CommunityValuesVocabularyInvolved

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