Diane Ackerman Quotes

What a lonely species we are, searching for signals of life from other galaxies, adopting companion animals, visiting parks and zoos to commune with other beasts. In the process, we discover our shared identity.

Diane Ackerman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeIdentityProcessLonelyAnimals

To sell out London's Hammersmith Apollo is amazing. Selling it out for two nights? Even better.

Joe Bonamassa

AmazingBetterSellingLondonOut

Finn doesn't have as much respect for Han's legacy as everybody else does, and Han finds that a bit charming. They team up and go on a mission together. The banter is very choppy, and the dialogue is pretty funny. Chewie enjoys the banter and the friction between the two, but they definitely have each other's backs.

John Boyega

FunnyRespectTogetherTeamLegacy

I believe we do have a great intelligence service. Is it good enough in all circumstances? Of course not. We live in the human condition. We try to make it better each day.

Michael Hayden

GoodLiveGreatServiceDayBelieve

Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime.

Alphonse Allais

StatisticsMilitaryMortalityWartime

I want to reach my full potential.

Amar'e Stoudemire

PotentialReachWantFull

The ritual of families watching TV together passed into antiquity around the time I was my son's age; that was when households tended to have a single television and when the choices of what to watch were manageable.

Steve Erickson

SonAgeTimeTogetherChoicesWatch

In 1961, an official U.S. commission oversaw thousands of events to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the American Civil War. All 50 states joined in, but not surprisingly, the biggest events took place in the 11 southern states that made up the defeated Confederacy.

Amanda Foreman

AnniversaryWarCelebrateAmerican

So while you're an athlete, and you have that platform, what you want to be able to do is make it work for you as much as possible, because there's going to be life after sports.

Stedman Graham

LifeWorkSportsYouWantPossible

I would have taken whatever hand I was dealt. Space was it.

Story Musgrave

SpaceHandWhateverDealtWould

It breaks my heart to see these young, really talented bands getting chewed up into the system. I remember a time if you'd signed to a major label it was such a sell out! But now... unless you've signed to a big label, you're a failure now.

Mike Peters

FailureHeartTimeRememberYouNow

For a culture that has such a problem with death, we seem to deal with it in a quite bizarre way. We see people shot, killed and blown up, and we find it funny and sexy and all those things. But, the reality of it is that every day people die, and people are really sad and they grieve and they go through a really difficult process with it.

Michael Sheen

FunnySadCultureDayDeathPeople

I'm just the worst little Buddhist in town.

Cher

WorstLittleJustTownBuddhist

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