David Whyte Quotes

Poetry gives us courage and sets us straight with the world. Poems are great companions and friends.

David Whyte

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CourageGreatPoetryWorldFriends

Energy consumption matters both to our environment and our economy.

John Baldacci

EnergyEnvironmentMattersEconomy

The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that makes reading so valuable.

Anatole Broyard

BookReadingTalkingBackMoreLike

You know, it's just my dream came true.

Rod Stewart

YouDreamKnowTrueJustCame

I didn't want to be the best at anything; I just wanted to blend in. And that was kind of my existence throughout my family experiences at home of just kind of blending in in the background through my other siblings, which was easy to do.

Misty Copeland

FamilyHomeBestEasyWantKind

There is one thing that matters, to set a chime of words tinkling in the minds of a few fastidious people.

Logan Pearsall Smith

WordsPeopleMindsMattersOne Thing

Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.

Joni Mitchell

SympathyEasySorrowHardTell

I like men who are very cool but who are also so brilliant that they are almost insane. Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits - men who would be flipping burgers if they hadn't found an outlet for their brilliant mind-sets.

Jolene Blalock

MenCoolBrilliantAlmostInsane

The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.

Diogenes

ArtMasterSlaveRuleBeing

For 'Pariah,' people were surprised Kim Wayans was there, but comedians have a dark streak; they're comedians for a reason.

Dee Rees

PeopleDarkReasonComediansStreak

I have always loved Reese Witherspoon and Amy Adams as role models - I read all their interviews and agree with the fundamentals of how they manage the limelight and also how they look and carry themselves. A huge part of beauty is how you carry yourself and how you deal with certain situations.

Brittany Snow

BeautyYourselfLovedYouLookRole

I'm terrified of goats.

Annalise Basso

GoatsTerrified

When I was 6 or 7, my gymnastics coach looked at my quads and told the other coach to come over and see my quads. They were big then and still are. But I've kind of embraced it through the years.

Ali Krieger

KindCoachOverYearsSeeBig

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