Joseph Brodsky Quotes

No man-made system is perfect, and the system of oppression is no exception. It is subject to fatigue, to cracks, which you are the likelier to discover the longer your term.

Joseph Brodsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 24, 1940 - January 28, 1996

Topics

YouPerfectOppressionSystemCracks

A minute of thought is greater than an hour of talk.

John C. Maxwell

ThoughtTalkGreaterMinuteHour

I don't have any issues with clowns - I feel like I owe them an apology in some ways.

John Carroll Lynch

FeelApologyI Feel LikeLikeClowns

Philly ain't a good environment for you when you headed in a different direction. Bad things happen left and right. You might walk up the street, make a wrong turn, and your whole life could flip.

Meek Mill

LifeGoodWalkDirectionYouBad

What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and to monitor these programs.

Robert Scheer

GovernmentStepWelfareObligation

Among all the marvels of modern invention, that with which I am most concerned is, of course, air transportation. Flying is perhaps the most dramatic of recent scientific attainment. In the brief span of thirty-odd years, the world has seen an inventor's dream first materialized by the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk become an everyday actuality.

Amelia Earhart

I AmWorldFlyingTransportationAir

I have no idea how to dress for the winter. I tend to end up wearing tracksuits and a beanie most of the time.

Sophie Hawley-Weld

WinterTimeDressEndUpIdea

A lot of the moves I make originate from futsal. It's played in a very small space, and the ball control is different in futsal. And to this day my ball control is pretty similar to a futsal player's control.

Ronaldinho

DaySpaceControlSmallBallPretty

My worry about the New York Times is that it's got the only position as a national elitist general-interest paper. So the network news picks up its cues from the Times. And local papers do too. It has a huge influence. And we'd love to challenge it.

Rupert Murdoch

LoveChallengeNew YorkInfluenceUp

Breast cancer is scary and no one understands that like another woman who has gone through it too.

Mindy Sterling

WomanScaryThroughCancerGoneWho

The harm done to Israel is damage done to the West. And delegitimizing Israel is a delegitimization of the West.

Jose Maria Aznar

DoneWestIsraelDamageHarm

When you're in between the white lines, the game face is on. I was only focused on the task at hand - out, safe, ball, strike - leaving little time to think about how special a player, moment or game happened to be.

Doug Harvey

TimeMomentGameFaceThinkYou

Running was a part of my hardwiring, and that's what I wanted to do. So this is what I tell people who talk about wanting to follow their passion. 'It doesn't have to be running. It can be basket weaving. Be the best basket weaver in the world. Throw your heart and soul into it.'

Dean Karnazes

PassionHeartBestSoulPeopleTalk

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