William Stafford Quotes

I just kept on doing what everyone starts out doing. The real question is, why did other people stop?

William Stafford

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 17, 1914 - August 28, 1993

Topics

PeopleDoingStopWhyQuestionReal

Germany benefits the most from the European Union because Germany is, by far, the biggest exporter into the Euro Zone, and therefore, it benefits. And one who benefits the most must take the biggest responsibility.

Joe Kaeser

ResponsibilityTakeBenefitsZone

Storytelling enables us to play out decisions before we make them, to plan routes before we take them, to work out the campaign before we start the war, to rehearse the phrases we're going to use to please or placate our wives and husbands.

Jim Crace

WorkWarStartDecisionsPlanPlay

Anybody who has a career is going to have to deal with a rumor in their time, or something that usually isn't true. I have a great team behind me and a family that supports me. I just care too much about my career. I have been working too long to let it slip away for something stupid.

Jesse McCartney

FamilyGreatTimeMeTeamStupid

The more Americans find out about President Barack Obama's health care law, the less they like it. A majority of Americans want out.

John Barrasso

HealthLawCareFindWantMore

The mechanical food system externalizes a lot of costs like obesity or Type 2 diabetes.

Joel Salatin

FoodDiabetesObesitySystemCosts

If you're struggling, it's easy to feel powerless until you take control of it and assert what you want. I can understand that feeling. I can understand how it feels to be alone, to not want to get help from people and to not trust people who are actually wanting the best for you. I feel like that's true for a lot of people, actually.

Andrew Haigh

AloneTrustBestPeopleControlYou

One important measurement issue concerns the fat tails problem that I mentioned earlier. VAR is concerned with extreme outcomes. If the tails of the probability distributions we are using are too thin, our VAR measures are likely to be too low.

John Hull

FatProblemImportantProbability

Based on my experience, it's considerably difficult to force a donkey into doing something it perceives to be dangerous for whatever reason.

Maurizio Cattelan

ExperienceDoingDangerousDifficult

As a songwriter, it's kind of hard to listen to your own stuff with clarity.

Stone Gossard

ClarityKindListenHardOwnStuff

That's the beauty about beauty; it's not like a tattoo. You can just wash it right off, and your skin is your canvas, so you can do something new the next day.

Michelle Phan

BeautyDayYouSkinNewTattoo

Little white lies are part of everyday life. If you're in court being charged with a felony, you're probably going to be tempted to lie. Or if your girlfriend asks you if the sweater she is wearing makes her look fat; you're going to lie because you love that person. There are different reasons and justifications to lie; it's human nature.

Monica Raymund

LifeNatureLoveLieFatLook

I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help.

Julia Child

WomenOrganizationHelpNeverOffice

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