Joseph Brodsky Quotes

Whenever one pulls the trigger in order to rectify history's mistake, one lies. For history makes no mistakes, since it has no purpose.

Joseph Brodsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HistoryMistakesPurposeMistake

I don't know if we will ever try again because those sort of things are very hard to organise but yes, I've known Doon for years and John as well but I hadn't met Will before, and he turned out to be a good laugh.

Jo Brand

GoodLaughKnowWillTryHard

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

YouUnderstandWhateverCannot

I'm a teacher, so much of what I'm doing remains in the abstract. But I also support a lot of educational initiatives that support kids to really get out there and work hard in their communities. But I also think that we need poets in our country to inspire.

Maya Soetoro-Ng

WorkTeacherSupportWork HardThink

People who make no noise are dangerous.

Jean de La Fontaine

PeopleDangerousNoiseMakeWho

My mother was a churchgoing lady, so I always heard about God at home.

Smokey Robinson

MotherHomeGodLadyAlwaysAbout

Sometimes I think we're exposed to things we shouldn't be exposed to too early. I think that sets the tone to a person's whole life. Trauma.

Tracy Morgan

LifeThinkEarlyPersonSometimes

I want to be president because I have the sensitivity, as a woman, to listen. I'm a different candidate... different because I don't belong to powerful, privileged groups, because I'm honest.

Josefina Vazquez Mota

WomanPowerfulWantPresidentListen

Healthy disagreement, debate, leading to compromise has always been the American way.

Donald L. Carcieri

CompromiseAmericanDebateHealthy

We saw the integration of the female pilots in the Navy, in combat roles, and the resistance there in the beginning.

Brandon Webb

BeginningNavyResistanceIntegration

A lot of people in MMA do part-time jobs.

Bobby Lashley

PeopleMMAPart-TimeJobsLot

Stand-up comedy is all you. It's your show, it's your game. You control every aspect of it - of that experience and that expression. There's really nothing quite as satisfying.

Bryan Callen

ExperienceControlGameComedyYou

No matter what has happened, you too have the power to enjoy yourself.

Allen Klein

PowerYourselfEnjoyYouMatterToo

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