David Whyte Quotes

The ultimate lesson is that there is no immunity, no matter our age or the size of our retirement account, from going through constant cycles of integration and disintegration in which we are humbled and hopefully set to rights with the world again.

David Whyte

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

AgeWorldRetirementLessonMatter

People look for morals in fiction because there has always been a confusion between fiction and philosophy.

John Cheever

PeopleMoralsPhilosophyLookAlways

I am not comfortable discussing politics publicly; I am very comfortable talking about my friendships with people who happen to be in politics.

Robert Kraft

PoliticsI AmPeopleTalkingHappen

I come from a background where you don't show off the good things you do. It's modesty.

Mesut Ozil

GoodGood ThingsYouModestyThings

If I spend silly, it's going to look bad, in a way, because I do all this charity work as well.

Amir Khan

WorkCharitySillyLookBadWay

I'm all for consumer rights. I get very aggravated if I don't get a good service.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

GoodServiceRightsGetConsumer

If I go to Germany, I learn something in addition. The German television is very precise and respectable. One has never stress. In Italy it is more dynamic. But I amuse myself madly in both countries.

Michelle Hunziker

MyselfStressLearnTelevisionGo

I've got, like, too many things that I'd like to try and do, so I'm trying to figure out where the natural pull is strongest.

Lucia Micarelli

TryingTryOutThingsNaturalWhere

If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.

Loren Eiseley

WaterMagicPlanetContained

There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind.

Louis Armstrong

GoodMusicBadPlayKindTwo

I think you learn how to fall well when you're figure skating. Your reflexes are very acute.

Jud Tylor

ThinkLearnYouFallSkatingWell

High levels of inequality generate high costs for society, dampening social mobility, undermining the labour market prospects of vulnerable social groups, and creating social unrest.

Jose Angel Gurria

SocietyInequalityCreatingHigh

I didn't have big movie offers, or any big agents wanting to work with me. I had to go grassroots, start at the bottom and go on 150 auditions before someone finally gave me a shot.

Donnie Wahlberg

WorkMeStartSomeoneGoBig

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