Diane Ackerman Quotes

On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million souls. Steam rising from vents underground makes you wonder if there isn't one giant sweat gland lodged beneath the city.

Diane Ackerman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

New YorkCityYouWonderSummerNew

Sometimes you'd come up against a brick wall... or sometimes you go into a fill and you'd know halfway through it was going to be disastrous.

John Bonham

YouBrickWallGoKnowSometimes

I seriously feel like the best days are ahead, and I like the idea of getting to do everything I did before but with more knowledge, experience, and street smarts. There's a certain love, appreciation, and gratitude that you have at 40 that you don't have when you're younger, and it makes every accomplishment feel so much better.

Jennifer Lopez

LoveKnowledgeGratitudeBestBetter

From the moment when he catches sight of the light of the world, a man seeks to find out himself and get hold of himself out of its confusion, in which he, with everything else, is tossed about in motley mixture.

Max Stirner

LightMomentManWorldFindSight

To help enable the kind of science Hubble is performing makes my life worthwhile.

John M. Grunsfeld

LifeScienceMy LifeHelpKind

I just play to good people; they seem to like what I do, and the more they like it, the more I play.

John Hunter

GoodPeopleGood PeoplePlayMore

An ancient dictum says that when Zeus wanted to destroy someone, he would first drive him mad.

Jean-Marie Le Pen

DriveSomeoneMadFirstHimZeus

There's something terribly solitary about working in movies and television, and in New York, so much of the theater is showcasing.

Jeff Perry

New YorkTelevisionNewMoviesMuch

Marketing is designed to bring people into something.

Sue Naegle

PeopleMarketingBringSomething

If I thought of myself as a movie star, I'd be an idiot. I don't know anyone who thinks like that. I don't even know movie stars who think like that.

Jonny Lee Miller

StarsMyselfThinkThoughtIdiot

If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.

William James

GoodExperienceFeeling GoodFeeling

I am honored to be named chairman of Duke Energy's board and privileged to lead our company forward for our customers, employees, and shareholders.

Lynn Good

I AmEnergyForwardEmployeesLead

When I write I find a quiet place.

Lianne La Havas

FindQuietPlaceWriteI Write

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