Derek Walcott Quotes

My generation produced some terrific writers from all over, and the great thing about it is that they were all mixed in race.

Derek Walcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GreatGenerationRaceOverSome

Not only the entire ability to think rests on language... but language is also the crux of the misunderstanding of reason with itself.

Johann Georg Hamann

ThinkLanguageMisunderstandingOnly

My grandfather was a lot like a white Jewish George Jefferson, and he did not enjoy my work very much.

Jenny Slate

WorkEnjoyWhiteGrandfatherJewish

We should get rid of the SAT as fast as we can. Look, there are bigger problems in society. This is not the biggest problem we have. But it's so easy to get rid of it. Right? Just pull the plug.

John Katzman

SocietyProblemsProblemEasyLook

Guys have a level of insecurity and vulnerability that's exponentially bigger than you think. With the primal urge to be alpha comes extreme heartbreak. The harder we fight, the harder we fall.

John Krasinski

FightInsecurityThinkYouFall

I've never been ashamed of being the ham or the provocateur, as it were, in my style of commentary or my style of showmanship.

Mauro Ranallo

StyleNeverAshamedBeingBeenHam

A picture can say a thousand words but maybe not the correct ones.

Sidharth Malhotra

WordsPictureSayCorrectThousand

I have always liked the contrast between being blonde and having dark features.

Rita Ora

BlondeDarkAlwaysContrastBeing

I am going to miss Don Shula. I like him, and I admire him. I'm going to miss looking those 53 yards across the field and thinking, 'There is a coaching legend.'

Marv Levy

I AmLookingThinkingLegendAdmire

Maybe I've seen more Hollywood movies than French movies.

Michel Hazanavicius

MoviesHollywoodMoreSeenThan

Songs like the Buck Owens tune, for example, are very simple and straightforward, and recording it really gave me a chance to get into and get a sense of Buck's personality, a feel for that whole Bakersfield sound.

Juice Newton

PersonalitySimpleMeChanceFeel

Poetry is a call to action, and it also is action.

Juan Felipe Herrera

PoetryActionCallAlso

Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.

Delphine de Girardin

GoodMindWhyModestyTasteCannot

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