David Whyte Quotes

A good poem looks life straight in the face, unflinching, sincere, equal to revelation through loss or gain.

David Whyte

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeGoodFaceLossLooksEqual

When politicians began to see that every last thing that they did in public could be broadcast to a mass audience, the fact that the stakes were so much higher now that every moment became fraught caused them to become more cautious, and the consultants very gradually but inevitably became literal reactionaries.

Joe Klein

MomentNowBecomeMoreAudienceSee

A woman doing comedy doesn't offend me, but sets me back a bit. I, as a viewer, have trouble with it. I think of her as a producing machine that brings babies in the world.

Jerry Lewis

WomanMeWorldThinkComedyDoing

I'm a soccer dad at heart. I want five kids, and I want to get married. I want to coach Little League.

Mekhi Phifer

HeartSoccerWantCoachLittleGet

Sometimes, you have to be frustrated and do something unscalable and a waste of your time to be inspired.

Matt Mullenweg

TimeYouSometimesSomethingYour

I see the work the pope has to do. It is a huge responsibility. Nobody campaigns for it.

Angelo Scola

WorkResponsibilityNobodySeeI See

Sultan Mehmet had good relations with the Medici family and other powerful Italian clans, especially in Venice and Florence, and at his request, they sent him artists and craftsmen by the dozen.

Stephen Kinzer

FamilyGoodPowerfulHimVenice

When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is really a door.

Simone Weil

LieDoorImpossibleKnowResolve

I get Twitter, and think it's a great way to keep it in touch, but I don't do it a lot. I hate reading when people tweet about what you're eating or who they are out with, but it's a nice way to keep in touch with people.

Tristan MacManus

GreatHatePeopleEatingReading

The growing tide of anti-Semitism shocks the conscious of everyone who values freedom, and the ugly, hateful acts particularly stain the character of democracies where liberty and religious freedom are supposed to be respected.

Mike Ferguson

CharacterFreedomUglyValuesTide

Society leaders have urged me to seek the presidency.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

MeSocietySeekPresidencyLeaders

Everyone wants to escape, everyone's drawn to escapism to leave their lives for an hour or two, and we're all so curious as human beings.

Josh Bowman

CuriousEscapeHumanEveryoneLeave

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.

Joseph Addison

LegalAuthorityOppressionHeavy

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