Joseph Brodsky Quotes

Poetry isn't just different from prose, it's more important for the human species.

Joseph Brodsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PoetryImportantMoreHumanJust

What happens to George Clooney and Bruce Willis is great, but I can't gauge my career by anyone else's.

Jimmy Smits

GreatCareerHappensGaugeAnyone

Okay, fluoride in the water to help our teeth. Well, shouldn't that be the job of your mom and dad? To teach you how to brush your teeth and use mouth wash? What do we need the government to do it for? Clearly, what a scam. Fluoride in the water.

Jesse Ventura

WaterJobGovernmentMomHelpMouth

I loved psychology and I loved history.

Joely Fisher

HistoryLovedPsychology

Slow and steady wins the race.

Robert Lloyd

WisdomSlowRaceSteadyWins

FOr a while, I'd never had the opportunity to prove on TV that I could play the piano.

Maurice Gibb

OpportunityPlayProveNeverPiano

Solidarity was the movement that turned the direction of history, I think.

Jeane Kirkpatrick

HistoryDirectionThinkSolidarity

The intention that naturally exists: 'My intention is to get done with this commute.' So I've just doomed myself to an hour of discomfort, because my intention will not be met until I get out of the car.

Jeff Kober

CarMyselfIntentionDoneWillOut

Mother Teresa was the very embodiment of saintliness: white-clad, sad-eyed, ascetic and often photographed with the wretched of the earth.

Steven Pinker

MotherEarthVeryEmbodimentOften

You might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous.

Tony Hawk

LoveHappinessRichDoingYouTop

Terrorism can go anywhere where there is not strong government, or government that cannot control its hinterlands.

Robert D. Kaplan

GovernmentControlStrongGoWhere

My songs are all personal.

Mike Posner

PersonalSongs

There's nothing routine about 'Boardwalk Empire.' It's like being in some secret society where they call you up and tell you where to go: 'Meet us at the corner of such and so.'

Michael Shannon

SocietyYouRoutineGoMeetNothing

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