Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Derek Walcott Quotes

I didn't pass the scholarship exam for Oxford because of poor mathematics.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Mathematics Scholarship Poor Pass

Am I a Republican? Yes. Am I a Democrat? Yes. Am I a conservative? Yes. Am I a liberal? Yes.

John Catsimatidis

Conservative Republican Yes Democrat

I became an adult in an extreme way. I was recently sorting some old photographs and I found another.

Way Old Adult Found Old Photographs

My blood, my roots, my soul is in the state of Montana.

Soul Roots My Soul Blood Montana

I love my pets, and I'm a big animal lover. I also enjoy the nature and countryside.

Nature Love Animal Enjoy Big Pets

I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what traditions they have discarded, what compromises they have made.

I Am People Find Try Out Etiquette

I don't think any industry was ever as closely scrutinized and written about and constantly in the public eye as television.

Eye Think Television Industry Public

Whatever needed to be done, I need to know how to do it just as well as my wife. You know, for us to be able to really balance the parenting. It was very humbling, and it was also, um - terrifying. Because, you know, giving a baby a bath for the first time is one of the scariest things you can do on this whole earth.

Time Parenting Wife Balance Baby

When I was very small, the electricity was turned off because we didn't pay the bill. I remember sitting by the oil lamp listening to my mother playing 'Careless Love' on the piano.

Love Mother Listening Small Remember

Valued companionships begin with a personal commitment to be an exemplary companion.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Commitment Personal Begin Companion

I have thrown chairs, but only during football matches. Generally, I am well-behaved. I do not like to make people angry.

Football Angry I Am People Only Am

The information age has ushered in a networked and interdependent world, one in which challenges and opportunities appear and disappear faster than traditional organizational models can manage.

Age Challenges World Opportunities

My dad brought me up to be a good person.

Good Me Good Person Person Up Dad

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Derek Walcott