Sylvia Plath Quotes

We fitted, amusingly enough, into none of the form categories of 'The Young American Couple'... security to us is in ourselves, and no job, not even money, can give us what we have to develop: faith in our work and hard, hard work, which is Spartan in many ways.

Sylvia Plath

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 27, 1932 - February 11, 1963

Topics

WorkHard WorkFaithMoneyJobHard

The doctors realized in retrospect that even though most of these dead had also suffered from burns and blast effects, they had absorbed enough radiation to kill them. The rays simply destroyed body cells - caused their nuclei to degenerate and broke their walls.

John Hersey

WallsEnoughBodyDeadDestroyed

Teens are not like the weird, dumb dwarves you have around your house. They are actually you when you were younger. Why not write a book which is as sophisticated as a book for an adult, but is about the concerns that teenagers actually have?

Matthew Tobin Anderson

BookWeirdYouHouseDumbWhy

In 1969, I wrote a musical called 'Mother Earth.' It was a rock musical with an ecology theme. We did it at the South Coast Repertory Theatre in Southern California where I was a member. It was a smash hit in this small theater.

Toni Tennille

MotherTheatreSmallEarthRock

I have to stay true to myself.

Rob Corddry

MyselfStay TrueTrueStay

I'm an accountant. I'm a manufacturer from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, who stepped up to the plate, and now I'm a U.S. senator.

Ron Johnson

AccountantNowUpPlateWisconsin

And there are so many people in the third world suffering so horribly right now, and we are so focused on ourselves and our culture that a lot of things are showing up in our culture that are making it impossible for us to focus on others. We're so self-focused.

Martin Sheen

CultureFocusPeopleSufferingWorld

They can't take your house and give it to the mayor's mistress, even if they pay you for it. But they can, apparently, take your house and tear it down to make room for a development of trendy shops and restaurants, a hotel and so on.

Michael Kinsley

HotelYouHouseDownDevelopment

I never really thought it out. I just woke up one day, and I was involved in all these projects. They just seemed to involve animals.

Loretta Swit

DayThoughtAnimalsOne DayNever

We donate a lot of food to rescue organizations.

Dick Van Patten

FoodRescueLotOrganizationsDonate

I try to combine my work with my family, that's what I aspire to. I don't say that's the only thing. It's not all work and family, because otherwise you would be saying no to the many other things in life and there are many other things.

Connie Nielsen

LifeWorkFamilySayingYouSay

Adultery - which is the only grounds for divorce in New York - is not grounds for divorce in California. As a matter of fact, adultery in Southern California is grounds for marriage.

Allan Sherman

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We need a philosophy for humans and nature to live together.

Svetlana Alexievich

NatureLiveTogetherPhilosophyNeed

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