David Whyte Quotes

I have hundreds of poems memorized. Mostly by others, but also my own. I use the poems when I lead retreats for management groups on topics like creating teams, or coming up with a more entrepreneurial system, or creating more excitement.

David Whyte

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ManagementCreatingExcitementMy Own

Yes, horoscopes still persist in popular newspapers, but they are there only for the severely scientifically challenged, or for entertainment; the idea that the stars determine our fate has lost all intellectual currency.

Robert J. Shiller

StarsFateLostIntellectualYes

I am concerned about the plight of the working poor... If doctors are not paid for seeing those patients, doctors will not go to rural Alabama because you can't expect a doctor to go to rural Alabama and lose money.

Robert J. Bentley

MoneyI AmDoctorYouLoseSeeing

I love... anything in black and white. Just put it on the TV, I'll watch.

Anna Chlumsky

LoveBlack And WhiteBlackWhiteTV

Well, you don't get to do things that other children get to do, having friends and slumber parties and buddies. There were none of that for me. I didn't have friends when I was little. My brothers were my friends.

Michael Jackson

ChildrenMeFriendsYouLittleWell

For the scientists, they're kind of puzzled and pleased that somebody finds their work interesting. It makes it fun for me. I feel like I've sort of turned over a stone that hasn't been turned over.

Mary Roach

WorkFunMeFeelInterestingStone

My brother Mike is the hardest working person I know.

Donna Lynne Champlin

BrotherPersonKnowWorkingHardest

There was a small point in my life in law school, right before I moved to Newark, when I didn't know what I wanted to do, and I felt so lost.

Cory Booker

LifeSchoolLawSmallMy LifeKnow

Nixon's full term was one of the most successful in U.S. history, which is why he was re-elected by the largest plurality in the country's history.

Conrad Black

HistoryCountryWhySuccessfulMost

There was a lot of Pac haters, but I definitely love Pac. I wish I got to do a song with him.

Ty Dolla Sign

LoveSongWishHatersI WishHim

If you're working 50 hours a week to try to maintain family income, and your children have the kinds of aspirations that come from being flooded with television from age one, and associations have declined, people end up hopeless, even though they have every option.

Noam Chomsky

FamilyAgeChildrenPeopleEndYou

Tony Blair is a brilliant politician. Unfortunately, his legacy is entwined with George W. Bush because of Iraq.

Noel Gallagher

LegacyBrilliantBecausePolitician

I don't like characters who are either good or bad. I just don't experience that in life, so my writing hasn't evolved that way.

Marti Noxon

LifeGoodExperienceWritingBad

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