Audre Lorde Quotes

Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives and, taking that a step further, dealing with the erotic not only in sexual terms.

Audre Lorde

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

StepRecognitionWithinConsciousness

The lunar flights give you a correct perception of our existence. You look back at Earth from the moon, and you can put your thumb up to the window and hide the Earth behind your thumb. Everything you've ever known is behind your thumb, and that blue-and-white ball is orbiting a rather normal star, tucked away on the outer edge of a galaxy.

Jim Lovell

SpaceMoonWindowPerceptionLook

If you're going to have a cabin fever, have a big cabin, you know.

Joe Cocker

YouKnowBigCabinGoingFever

It's not in either my personal or business interest to be a highly visible person.

Jerry Speyer

BusinessPersonPersonalInterest

The idea of the celebrity politician is nothing new, and depending on one's perspective, either President Obama or Sarah Palin are the country's first celebrity politicians.

Meghan McCain

PerspectiveCountryNewNothingIdea

A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.

Max Planck

TruthScienceLightGenerationDie

I'm one of the most sensitive human beings on Earth - and I know it.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

EarthKnowHumanSensitiveMost

Feminism needs a political program because gender inequality has been fostered by political decisions.

Stephanie Coontz

DecisionsPoliticalGenderInequality

This sympathy is not translated into force against the British government because it is not like the anti- apartheid movement which had a high profile here and Mandela is a more engaging figure than Yasser Arafat.

Tom Paulin

GovernmentSympathyMovementHigh

My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.

Roger Federer

MoneyYouProfessionalKnowLiving

I've got to say that is - the highest emotion of the human experience is going down in a plane knowing your going to die!

Louis Zamperini

ExperienceDieDownSayKnowingGot

I always have trouble with titles for my books. I usually have no title until the editor has to present the book and calls me frantically, 'Judy, we need a title.'

Judy Blume

MeBookPresentTroubleNeedAlways

My dad started taking me to Winnipeg games when I was 3 or 4. As a kid, I loved Wayne Gretzky, and I remember the first game I got to see him play against the Jets. The Kings beat the Jets, and I was happy that they did. Gretzky left the game after the first period, and I was upset about that.

Jonathan Toews

HappyMeGameLovedRememberPlay

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