David Whyte Quotes

A real conversation always contains an invitation. You are inviting another person to reveal herself or himself to you, to tell you who they are or what they want.

David Whyte

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: 1955

Topics

YouConversationPersonWantReal

I am not a food critic. Or a chef. Or even a professional writer. What I am schooled in the art of, however, is enjoying myself.

Jewel Staite

ArtMyselfFoodI AmChefCritic

I wanted to find a way of life that allowed me great freedom, not to be stuck. I went to a very traditional school, which prepared people for the army or for banking or for industry, and I wanted to be outside of that.

Jeremy Irons

LifeFreedomGreatSchoolPeopleMe

A healthy desire for wealth is not greed. It's a desire for life.

Jen Sincero

LifeGreedWealthDesireHealthy

I've been fascinated by the idea that evil is the absence of empathy.

John Connolly

EmpathyEvilAbsenceBeenIdea

Your billion-dollar ideas don't show up in the middle of dramatic distraction. They show up when you have the business and personal discipline to make space for your creative mind to flourish.

Robin S. Sharma

BusinessDisciplineCreativeMind

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.

Roman Coppola

HomeBeautifulSisterHotelWedding

I will tell the truth wherever I please.

Mary Harris Jones

TruthWillTellWhereverPlease

I like to think of hope as a fact and something that wins out always. Whether you're hopeful or not, actually, you do get through what you're in the middle of. When you're in it, you don't feel like that's possible. But time and time again, we're proven wrong.

Lucy Dacus

HopeTimeThinkFeelYouWrong

There were a whole lot, I bought every blues record I could find, it wasn't just one or two people. My vocal influences were Ray Charles and Bobby Blue Bland.

Johnny Winter

BluePeopleFindBluesTwo People

There comes a time when you have to exercise patience.

Columbus Short

PatienceTimeExerciseYou

Cage Warriors is a brilliant organisation. They're doing great things for European MMA, and they're giving the platform for guys like me who came through. They're vital. I'm forever grateful for the opportunities I got.

Conor McGregor

GreatGratefulMeOpportunitiesCage

A lot of self-importance goes on in the fashion industry. I'm not like that.

Alice Temperley

FashionIndustryLikeGoesLot

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