David Whyte Quotes

To regret fully is to appreciate how high the stakes are in even the average human life; fully experienced, it turns our eyes, attentive and alert, to a future possibly lived better than our past.

David Whyte

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeFutureEyesPastRegretBetter

The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.

John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

SuccessDependentOtherEach

It was just like Howlin' Wolf. Once you arrive at the point that you understand it, the emotional factor is darker than some of the saddest blues stuff.

Robert Quine

WolfYouBluesUnderstandEmotional

That's such a common saying: Just be present, live in the moment. But there's actually really something to it when you really start to learn it.

John John Florence

LiveMomentStartSayingPresent

I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.

Jeff Bezos

BusinessBelieveYouI BelieveGoing

I think most actors don't start out wanting to be either a lead or a character actor. You just really want to work, whatever manifestation that takes.

Ron Cephas Jones

WorkCharacterStartThinkYouWant

It's the difficulty we had with Mr. Bean, actually, when it went from TV to film. You certainly discover that you need to explain more about a character.

Rowan Atkinson

CharacterYouMoreNeedExplainTV

The decision to use the atom bomb on Japanese cities, and the consequent buildup of enormous nuclear arsenals, was made by governments, on the basis of political and military perceptions.

Joseph Rotblat

DecisionPoliticalMilitaryAtomUse

Dying is easy; comedy is hard.

Donald Wolfit

ComedyEasyHardDying

The best advice I ever received is that there is a difference between urgency and importance: Urgent tasks seem important, but they're not. Important things need to get done.

Chieh Huang

BestAdviceDoneImportantUrgency

In midlife, I feel that my tendency to acquire books is rather like someone smoking two packs a day: it's a terrible vice that I wish I could shuck.

Claire Messud

DaySmokingFeelSomeoneWishVice

My family thought it was insanity for me to go into the theater rather than to get an education.

Clarice Taylor

FamilyEducationMeThoughtInsanity

We are now preparing for the reform of the yuan's exchange rate system. For such reforms to take place, we need good economic conditions... and we need to do it under tight control.

Wu Yi

GoodControlPlaceNowNeedSystem

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