Derek Walcott Quotes

Where I come from, we sing poetry.

Derek Walcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PoetryWhereSingCome

There are a lot of people who will come to me for advice or whatever.

Joe Mantegna

PeopleMeAdviceWillWhateverCome

The Death of Advertising? I think that's in the book of Revelation. It's the day when people everywhere become satisfied with their weight, their hair, their skin, their wardrobe, and their aroma.

Jef I. Richards

DayDeathPeopleAdvertisingHair

Only the knife knows what goes on in the heart of a pumpkin.

Simone Schwarz-Bart

HeartKnifeOnlyKnowsPumpkinGoes

The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax.

Tom Osborne

HistoryRelaxYouMatterOvercome

Beethoven suppressed everything, his personal life disappeared until he was locked inside. That is a figure quite extreme.

Michael Tippett

LifePersonalInsideEverythingHe

I think politics is a dirty game. We've seen the sides that they take; we've seen the commentary they have had on my father.

Donald Trump, Jr.

FatherPoliticsGameThinkDirty

Right now my favorite book is 'Omnivores Dilemma.'

Bryan Volpenhein

BookNowRightDilemmaFavorite

I'll play out the string and leave baseball without a tear. A man can't play games his whole life.

Brooks Robinson

LifeManBaseballPlayGamesLeave

We cannot solve the problem of terrorism by asserting our will on the world.

Armstrong Williams

WorldProblemTerrorismWillCannot

I don't write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but that's not why I write.

August Wilson

ChangeWritingBelieveSocial Change

Doctors quickly learn that how much they make has little to do with how good they are. It largely depends on how they handle the business side of their practice.

Atul Gawande

GoodBusinessPracticeLearnSide

I think that somewhere deep inside of me, I feel, if it's not something I believe in, then I probably won't be very good at it. And I have a fear of that. Not that I'm good in everything, but I try.

William Fichtner

GoodFearMeBelieveDeepThink

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