Joseph Brodsky Quotes

On the whole, books are indeed less finite than ourselves. Even the worst among them outlast their authors - mainly because they occupy a smaller amount of physical space than those who penned them. Often they sit on the shelves absorbing dust long after the writer himself has turned into a handful of dust.

Joseph Brodsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SpaceLongWorstDustSitWhole

I don't think estates are grim places.

Andrea Arnold

ThinkPlacesGrimEstates

Part of me is drawn to the nature of sadness because I think life is sad, and sadness is not something that should be avoided or denied. It's a fact of life, like contradictions are.

Robert Redford

LifeNatureSadMeSadnessThink

On 'The Simpsons,' I will say that we definitely like to comment on what's going on in the world, and we try to be funny. If we can figure out a way of being funny about it, then we've gone part of the way of accomplishing our task.

Matt Groening

FunnyWorldSayWillWayTry

But from what I can see all around me today, that America is fading fast, if it's not already gone.

John Ratzenberger

TodayMeAmericaFastI CanSee

Washington and Jefferson were both rich Virginia planters, but they were never friends.

Stephen Ambrose

RichFriendsWashingtonNeverBoth

I directed the play 'Amadeus' with puppets way back in the day for theater. I also studied puppetry at the Eugene and Neil Center with a lot of the 'Sesame Street' people, so I do have a little bit of a history with puppetry.

Steve Zissis

HistoryDayPeopleBackPlayStreet

Three writers together would be a nightmare of obstreperous self-consciousness.

Mary Gaitskill

TogetherThreeWouldNightmare

I shot with it a lot. I still do now. That is why I am hard of hearing.

Mikhail Kalashnikov

I AmNowWhyHardHearingStill

He was lost out there. He was the lost Mohegan.

Mickey Rivers

LostOutHe

Make a living will. Talk about it. Death is going to happen to everybody. Write it down. Even if you write it on a piece of paper at home and have your family witness it, you need to write it down.

Michael Schiavo

FamilyHomeDeathYouDownLiving

When I'm up on stage, I'm thinking more about my fans and about myself as a singer and an artist. When I'm at home being a daddy, the last thing I'm thinking about is being an artist. It is two things that I never really put together.

Josh Turner

HomeMyselfTogetherThinkingArtist

I like people too much. I really do.

Jonathan Van Ness

PeopleToo MuchLikeMuchReally

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