Audre Lorde Quotes

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

Audre Lorde

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 18, 1934 - November 17, 1992

Topics

WordsSpeakBetterSilentWillOur

I'm actually the daytime host of the Olympics on NBC.

Jim Lampley

HostActuallyOlympicsDaytimeNBC

There is no doubt that someone who tries to throw a curve or pitch at any early age before he's developed, before his hand is big enough to grip the ball correctly, will damage his arm.

Robin Roberts

AgeSomeoneEnoughDoubtEarlyHand

I never had an official job, but I did play at a local cantina every Tuesday night, and I babysat a lot.

Michelle Branch

JobNightPlayNeverTuesdayLocal

Usually my ideas come from what I don't want to do, or what I find is old.

Miuccia Prada

IdeasFindWantOldCome

Gay people are the sweetest, kindest, most artistic, warmest and most thoughtful people in the world. And since the beginning of time all they've ever been is kicked.

Little Richard

TimeBeginningPeopleWorldGay

It's lovely being a parent and being in a strong marriage with somebody who is your best friend.

Johnny Vegas

FriendMarriageBestBest Friend

You can' t help being a musician because you've grown up with music, yet being one means being compared to your dad and being slated for it. But I really don't have the ambitions of most people going into the industry.

Dhani Harrison

MusicPeopleHelpYouUpIndustry

You got to fight for quality art and equality and all the things that we're fighting for, the things we believe in. Choice and preference and all those things that we support. We don't want to give up that fight. You got to keep doing it.

Christopher Cross

ArtQualityFightSupportEquality

I really liked Yale, although it was extremely intimidating. When I visited the campus, I was hiding behind trees, I felt so unworthy.

Claire Danes

TreesHidingBehindCampusUnworthy

Very few people could make me fight out of my system. Burley was one.

Archie Moore

FightPeopleMeOutSystemMake

When I was nine years old I use to copy - not trace - the covers of the Donald Duck comics. Many years later I became a close friend of Jack Hannah, the director of the Donald Duck film shorts.

William Jackson

FriendDuckCopyOldDirectorYears

Mike DeWine has been a dismal failure as Ohio's top cop.

Richard Cordray

FailureTopCopOhioBeenDismal

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