Jay Parini Quotes

A proper respect for nature means that you can't pollute the air, poison the rivers and chop down the forests indiscriminately without suffering greatly.

Jay Parini

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 2, 1948

Topics

NatureRespectSufferingYouDown

I don't believe in overdoing myself.

Jennifer Hudson

MyselfBelieveOverdoing

There is a self interest in voting for a society where there is health care for all, where there's a mental health service for all, where there is education service for all.

Jeremy Corbyn

EducationHealthServiceSociety

Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed levees and exploded the conventional wisdom about a shared American prosperity, exposing a group of people so poor they didn't have $50 for a bus ticket out of town. If we want to learn something from this disaster, the lesson ought to be: America's poor deserve better than this.

Michael Eric Dyson

WisdomPeopleBetterAmericanLearn

Insofar as there is an anxiety of influence for a biographer, it may be that each new book is undertaken in reaction to the previous book.

Stacy Schiff

InfluenceBookAnxietyNewReaction

Electoral turnout is falling among the young, and political apathy is on the rise.

Mo Ibrahim

PoliticalRiseYoungFallingApathy

There is no Latter day Saint who dies after having lived a faithful life who will lose anything because of having failed to do certain things when opportunities were not furnished him or her.

Lorenzo Snow

LifeDayOpportunitiesLoseWill

For me, the Lord has opened the windows of heaven and showered blessings upon my family beyond my ability to express.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

FamilyMeBlessingsHeavenWindows

I'm not commercial, I'm not for Special K cereal and I'm not a Wheaties boy; I'm a little bit more avant-garde, a little bit more out there.

Johnny Weir

BoySpecialMoreOutLittleCereal

There's a hell of a lot of horny people out there who are not being gratified in the way they should be.

Colleen McCullough

PeopleHellWayOutBeingHorny

Dream up big, hairy, audacious goals that you are passionate about and pursue them relentlessly. You have to begin with the end goal in mind, knowing that a goal is a dream with a deadline.

Clay Clark

GoalsMindEndYouDreamGoal

Grupo Limite is always going to be a major highlight of my life. We worked so hard, sometimes touring for 10 months at a time.

Alicia Villarreal

LifeTimeMy LifeSometimesHard

If I don't manage to negotiate with the European Union, something I wish, then I will ask the French to leave the European Union. And then you'll be able to call me Madame Frexit.

Marine Le Pen

MeWishYouWillI WishLeave

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