David Whyte Quotes

Sometimes you have to make a complete disaster of your life in such an epic way that it will be absolutely clear to you what you've been doing.

David Whyte

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeDoingYouSometimesWillWay

And ours is a business that requires discipline and focus.

Jim Cantalupo

BusinessDisciplineFocusOurs

I didn't serve and volley until I got to Wimbledon in '77.

John McEnroe

ServeGotUntilWimbledonVolley

The beautiful thing about L.A. is that you have 50 countries in one county. Diversity brings power and muscle.

Max Azria

PowerBeautifulDiversityYouMuscle

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

Jean de La Fontaine

SoulManAnythingFiresMadeHis

I remember looking to McDonald's, and, my God, they have 13,000 restaurants in the United States. Well, we have almost a couple thousand Chipotles. What if Pizzeria Locale is a few thousand, and Shod. All of a sudden, we're bigger than McDonald's in the U.S. I mean, that's not an unreasonable way to think about this.

Steve Ells

GodLookingThinkRememberMcDonald

Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented.

Molly Ivins

GoodPoliticsFreeTexasGotStill

All the academy will tell you that the language that is familiar to you is not appropriate. and that's not to say that there shouldn't be a standard, but when I come to school with my friends' language, my grandmother's language, the language in my mouth - you're going to tell me that's improper?

Jason Reynolds

SchoolMeLanguageFriendsMouth

When I first got to Motown, Smokey was already a fixture there. To me, he is one of the greatest songwriters and poets, so anything they ask me to do for Smokey is going to get a yes.

Dennis Edwards

MeAskFirstYesAnythingGoing

What I really found was that the one similarity between 'Covert Affairs' and 'Fair Game' is a deep love and admiration and fascination with the home life of a spy.

Doug Liman

LifeLoveHomeGameDeepFair

I think anyone who doesn't say that they'd like people to think that they're doing the right thing is wrong. I mean, I'd like it to be that way, but I've never allowed it to influence my actions.

David Stern

PeopleInfluenceThinkDoingWrong

In some ways, it's easier to be the lead. Week after week, scene after scene, the rhythms of filming force you to peel away a certain amount of artifice. When you're on set that much, there's a license to let the character emerge from the work itself.

Corey Stoll

WorkCharacterWeekYouLeadForce

The century of airplanes has a right to its own music.

Claude Debussy

MusicRightOwnCentury

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