Audre Lorde Quotes

You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of those bubbles is an egg and they float the egg up to the surface. They keep this whole heavy nest of eggs floating, and they're constantly repairing it. It's as if they live in both elements.

Audre Lorde

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LiveFightingFishEggYouKnow

I think because of the eccentricity of my work and how I dress, people expect me to be bouncing off the walls. But that's just not how I am.

Jeremy Scott

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Oh, I collect facts and quotes when I can't write, and I can't write most of the time. I do a little chance operation sometimes where I flip through outdated reference books to see if anything will strike me as beautiful or momentous. Library roulette, I call it.

Jenny Offill

BeautifulTimeMeChanceLibrary

My son loves my carbonara. I've tried to master that recipe - it's very simple but very delicate. Once prepared it must be eaten quickly.

Andy Garcia

SonSimpleMasterRecipeDelicate

Really, running an underdog, insurgent political campaign against an opponent many folks think can't be beat, and going out and meeting folks and talking about your ideas for America and Washington, is a lot of fun and a real privilege.

Michael Baumgartner

FunIdeasUnderdogThinkPolitical

A priest once said to me, 'Think of a priest going to the altar as you walk out on the stage.' I would hate to think that anyone thought I was coming to preach. But art and music open up things that you can't put into words. It's about bringing joy when you go out there.

Stephen Hough

MusicArtHateWalkWordsJoy

Actors play different characters, so you have to build a new base around each new movie - with few exceptions, most actors don't have a fan base that just follows them around. With musicians, the fan base just goes everywhere they go.

Troy Carter

MusiciansYouPlayGoNewBuild

What's so cool about God and our government is that you can make a mistake, and they will forgive you if you just a good person and doing right.

Tom Lister, Jr.

GoodGodGovernmentMistakeCool

To me, rock music was never meant to be safe. I think there needs to be an element of intrigue, mystery, subversiveness. Your parents should hate it.

Trent Reznor

MusicHateParentsMeThinkMystery

I have never experienced another human being. I have experienced my impressions of them.

Robert Anton Wilson

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When we pray to Buddha, we are not praying to a piece of stone, an image of Buddha, but we pray to the soul of Buddha behind the piece of stone. The souls of the people who are dead now are still with us.

Rithy Panh

SoulPeopleStoneNowDeadImage

I don't envy men and I certainly wouldn't like to become one now.

Louise Brown

MenEnvyNowBecomeLikeCertainly

An actual understanding of our economy is that our economy most depends on our rate of innovation... It's not actually understood by most of the people running for office, but it's not in fact disputed.

Chris Gabrieli

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