David Whyte Quotes

I don't have an all-embracing vision which people have to buy. I'm simply trying to work with the struggles we all deal with every day while we're trying to live out our personal destinies and make a living at the same time.

David Whyte

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal.

Jimmy Breslin

SmallNothingThievesRuleSteal

When I first did 'Best in Show,' I had never done any improvisation.

Jim Piddock

BestDoneNeverFirstImprovisation

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

John Dryden

SoulJealousy

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

Alphonse de Lamartine

PoliticsPeopleAdmireMoreSee

The speed and timing go with age.

Tony Bellew

AgeSpeedGoTiming

I think that my general feeling about the United States is that democracy works, and I've believed that my whole life, and my experience as a businessperson for 30 years was if you ignore the sound and fury, American democracy works if you give it enough time.

Tom Steyer

LifeTimeExperienceDemocracyThink

I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era.

Michael Jordan

GreatnessBelieveProcessI Believe

I've grown so much since 1996. I think that was the turning point of when I started to go to church every Sunday and not just because you're supposed to. But because you enjoy going and listening to the Word and being excited about it.

Lisa Leslie

ListeningThinkChurchEnjoyYouGo

I'd rather have a hot dog than caviar.

Juan Pablo Montoya

DogHotRatherCaviarThanHot Dog

You're not famous until my mother has heard of you.

Jay Leno

MotherFamousYouHeardUntil

If we're honest, we all have some measure of wrong believing in our lives. If you don't believe this, all you need to do is ask yourself, 'Have I often felt anxious, worried, or fearful that the worst would happen to me and my loved ones?'

Joseph Prince

YourselfMeBelieveLovedYouWrong

What makes a poem is the discipline inherent in making a poem: trying to fit feelings in the requisite number of syllables and lines, disciplining one's feelings.

Derek Walcott

DisciplineTryingFeelingsPoemFit

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