Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes

The more we engage in society, the more firsts we have, then there will be a moment when we have no more firsts. Or maybe there will always be new firsts.

Juan Felipe Herrera

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 27, 1948

Topics

MomentSocietyNewWillMoreEngage

I wanted to sail when I was in grammar school and well remember memorizing the names of the sails from the Merriam-Webster's ponderous dictionary in the library. Now I am actually at sea - as a passenger, of course, but at sea nevertheless - and bound for Ecuador.

Jim Elliot

SeaSchoolI AmSailLibrarySails

I would not apply the strategy of Calderon. I would look at the causes. Violence in Mexico has its origins in the lack of development and corruption.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

CorruptionStrategyViolenceLook

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

ThoughtWellComeMisfortunesHaving

Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.

John Wooden

DisciplineYourselfOthersNeed

The game-playing market today is pretty sizable.

John Romero

TodayPrettyMarket

I'm trying to get the terrorist out of the bugaboo category and into the category of a fellow human being.

John Updike

TryingHumanOutHuman BeingGet

I recorded my first jazz record in the '70s.

Rita Coolidge

JazzFirstRecordJazz Record

Education must lead us from the irresponsible opinion to true responsible judgment. It must lead us from chance and arbitrariness to rational clarity and intellectual order. Therefore, let us guide our students over the road of discipline from materials, through function, to creative work.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

WorkEducationDisciplineCreative

I love food shows: Anthony Bourdain, Iron Chef, Chopped, you name it.

Donnie Wahlberg

LoveFoodChefNameYouIron

As governor, I want to make sure that Arizona's hardworking taxpayers get to keep more of what they earn.

Doug Ducey

WantMoreEarnKeepGetSure

Will Smith played Chris Gardner better than Chris Gardner ever did.

Chris Gardner

BetterWillThanDidPlayedEver

The day you see a camera come into our courtroom, it's going to roll over my dead body.

David Souter

DayCameraYouBodyDeadSee

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