David Whyte Quotes

One of the great difficulties as you rise up through an organisation is that your prior competencies are exploded and broken apart by the territory you've been promoted into: the field of human identity.

David Whyte

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GreatBrokenIdentityYouRiseUp

I have lived in Cornwall from the age of 4, so I have always been aware of the artistic heritage that the county has. I feel very proud to be able to connect to this.

John Dyer

AgeProudFeelHeritageAlwaysBeen

That's about the 1,000th and tenth time (I've been asked about my neck). It's OK. I'm been doing a little stuff. I got some stuff from UT, weights to build you back up.

Sterling Marlin

TimeDoingYouBackBuildBack Up

You have to remember that not every creature that was evolving left behind its skull or its tools for our convenience tens of thousands of years later. Most bones or most tools rot or get buried and are never found again.

Steven Pinker

ToolsRememberYouNeverSkullLeft

Writing anything as an expert is really poisonous to the writing process, because you lose the quality of discovery.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

QualityWritingProcessYouLose

I don't really see science fiction as fiction. I can imagine colonies on Mars and everything.

Sigourney Weaver

ScienceI CanScience FictionSee

We always thought we had to follow a certain theme but I don't agree with that anymore. I think the fans deserve a wider variety of music.

Tom Cochrane

MusicThinkThoughtDeserveFollow

I don't get jealous of people. Jealousy is such a waste of time because you're jealous of them, and they go about their lives and have a wonderful time, so what's the point?

Joy Behar

TimeJealousyPeopleJealousYouGo

I'm only going to stand before God and give an account for my life, not for somebody else's life. If I have a bad attitude, then I need to say there's no point in me blaming you for what's wrong in my life.

Joyce Meyer

LifeAttitudeGodMeStandMy Life

This is America. Success is not guaranteed.

Doug Ducey

SuccessAmericaSuccess IsGuaranteed

When I turned 50, I realized I was now going to start counting backwards in terms of the years I had left. Then I turned 60, and I just stopped counting. I don't have a fear of death, but I have an awareness that there's a time limit.

Chris Crutcher

FearTimeDeathStartNowLimit

We were all such odd characters, even though we were a really functional family, in a way, as eccentric and crazy as we were. And it was such a wonderful feeling amongst us of being a family almost. We were 'The Addams Family!'

Christopher Lloyd

FamilyCrazyFeelingWayWonderful

I have had the good fortune to live - as an inside witness and, even, a modest participant - at a time when our understanding of this wonder we call 'life' has made its most revolutionary advances.

Christian de Duve

LifeGoodLiveTimeUnderstanding

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