Diane Ackerman Quotes

When all is said and done, we exist only in relation to the world, and our senses evolved as scouts who bridge that divide and provide volumes of information, warnings and rewards.

Diane Ackerman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BridgeWorldInformationSaidDone

When you don't have to buy something, it allows you to try new things.

Jennifer Hyman

New ThingsYouNewTryBuyThings

You don't have to be an at-home parent to be an attachment parent.

Mayim Bialik

ParentYouAttachment

If a Latina falls in love with someone who is insecure, it can be a nightmare.

Sofia Vergara

LoveSomeoneLatinaWhoNightmare

The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes.

Milton Friedman

GovernmentThinkInternetImportant

Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension.

Joshua L. Liebman

LifeMaturityPersonTensionFull

My favorite thing about Taiwan is the food.

Jason Wu

FoodFavoriteTaiwanAboutThing

A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can't take the same things for granted.

Dorothy Height

WomenWomanProblemsKindSheSame

People lead complicated lives and aren't hanging on your every word or the company mission statement. You have to become a broken record of your expectations of the organization and show people why it is relevant and how it works in specific ways.

Douglas Conant

BrokenPeopleOrganizationMission

Unfortunately, some parents simply don't love their children. Probably they don't even love themselves. That may be the heart of their problem. Having parents like this is a terrible burden for any child and can shadow him all through life. It can even destroy him.

David Viscott

LifeLoveHeartChildrenShadowHim

I've done a number of readings at poetry lounges in Vancouver and Los Angeles. I've compiled a book of poetry that's completed, and two others I'm working on.

Corin Nemec

PoetryBookLos AngelesDoneOthers

I remember so well my father's complete concentration when he went to the studio. Everything he did, every movement he made, he did with complete concentration. Then, after he had finished work, he would go to the beach or whatever, and then he would enjoy play and forget about his work.

Claude Picasso

WorkFatherBeachRememberEnjoyGo

There's nobody you can call and say, 'So, can you maybe send me your formula for frying Hollandaise?' because to the best of my knowledge, it didn't exist before we did it.

Wylie Dufresne

KnowledgeBestMeYouNobodySay

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