Derek Walcott Quotes

Rhyme is an attempt to reassemble and reaffirm the possibility of paradise. There is a wholeness, a serenity, in sounds coupling to form a memory.

Derek Walcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: January 23, 1930

Topics

MemorySerenityParadiseAttempt

The most passionate fans are from India, and I hope that I can motivate more Indians to pursue wrestling - or any athletics, for that matter - and become champions.

Jinder Mahal

HopeI CanIndiaChampionsBecome

I'm quite gregarious. But when it comes to relationships, I mean, I'm no good at it. I suck at it. And people say I'm way too hard on myself, but I always feel like somebody else is going to say it if I don't. Why not just beat them to the punch so it doesn't hurt so much?

John Grant

GoodMyselfPeopleHurtFeelSay

I think George Bush is one of the most duplicitous presidents we've ever had.

Jean O'Leary

ThinkMostI ThinkEverHadBush

The only way to describe my involvement in 'Planes' is that it's an absolute dream come true for me. Getting to be a bad guy in any project is fun, let alone being a Disney villain. I can't imagine anything getting better than that!

Roger Craig Smith

AloneFunMeVillainBetterBad

6.6 million people will benefit from a rise in the minimum wage.

Russ Carnahan

PeopleRiseWillMinimum WageWage

When I was a kid, I was trendier. I'd wear anything. I was in love beads and platforms.

Michael Kors

LoveKidAnythingWearPlatforms

Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it.

Don Marquis

PeopleWorldHellGoKnowWant

Matching character and actor is what a good director does.

Bruno Dumont

GoodCharacterActorMatchingDoes

I am a native Frenchwoman and proud of it.

Brigitte Bardot

I AmProudNativeAm

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.

Arthur Schopenhauer

WiseFoolsSaidDoneSameAlways

If I were trying to avoid embarrassment, I wouldn't have stumbled my way through 'Dancing with the Stars.'

Penn Jillette

StarsTryingWayDancingThrough

I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.

Thomas Jefferson

GoodWorldBadFindHappiestWhom

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