Diane Ackerman Quotes

Even without seeing the crickets, grasshoppers, cicadas and katydids, we hear them shrilling in this season and trust that they're the tiny living gargoyles entomologists claim.

Diane Ackerman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 7, 1948

Topics

TrustSeeingLivingWithoutClaim

Every morning you get up, risk starts.

Joe Kaeser

MorningYouRiskUpGetStarts

Money is like poetry because both involve learning to communicate in a compressed language that packs a lot of meaning and consequence into the minimum semantic space.

John Lanchester

LearningMoneyPoetrySpaceLanguage

If you want to be a poet, you can just write it on a napkin, and it's the length of the napkin, I guess. But usually you decide you'll rhyme it, or you'll have a formula. In radio, that's something called, 'Close your eyes and listen.'

Robert Krulwich

EyesYouWantListenWriteRadio

The best news of the Christian gospel is that the supremely glorious Creator of the universe has acted in Jesus Christ's death and resurrection to remove every obstacle between us and himself so that we may find everlasting joy in seeing and savoring his infinite beauty.

John Piper

BeautyBestDeathJoyUniverseFind

Two things Florida can teach the other 49 states: how to make a good margarita and how to deal with the aftermath of a hurricane.

Tom Feeney

GoodTeachTwoFloridaThingsDeal

Most coaches would consider leading a team to an Olympic gold medal a capper for a pretty good year. The same goes for winning an NCAA national championship. Or a FIBA world championship. Mike Krzyzewski, head coach of the Duke Blue Devils and Team USA, led teams to each of these honors... within about 24 months.

Don Yaeger

GoodBlueTeamGoldWinningWorld

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.

Arnold H. Glasow

LeadershipGoodLeaderBlameCredit

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Peter Ustinov

LoveForgivenessHabitLove IsLook

I don't want to find myself at the age of 60 waiting by the telephone for someone else to decide if I am capable of being in what might be a crummy TV production.

Peter Capaldi

AgeMyselfI AmWaitingSomeone

You can always keep learning with acting, because the school is life and yourself and your friends and your relationships. I'm fascinated by it! It's infinito!

Penelope Cruz

LifeLearningYourselfSchoolActing

I'm actually very loyal, to my detriment.

Mariah Carey

LoyalVeryActuallyDetriment

Life well spent is long.

Leonardo da Vinci

LifeLongWellSpent

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