Emily Dickinson Quotes

Sisters are brittle things. God was penurious with me, which makes me shrewd with Him. One is a dainty sum! One bird, one cage, one flight; one song in those far woods, as yet suspected by faith only!

Emily Dickinson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886

Topics

GodFaithBirdMeSongWoods

Guys would hang out in groups just to be with the music.

Jim Capaldi

MusicOutHangJustWouldGuys

It's different hearing girls I don't even know scream my name.

Jeremy Sumpter

NameKnowHearingDifferentScream

I think the self is complicated, that at various times we are all various people, and wrestling actually does a lot with that. You have things like heel turns where a person goes from being a good guy to a bad guy.

John Darnielle

GoodPeopleThinkSelfYouBad

Sometimes I hear people saying, 'Nothing has changed.' Come and walk in my shoes.

John Lewis

ShoesWalkPeopleSayingSometimes

The basic equation that mystified me as a young man was looking at guys who could actually get girls. I was always amazed, because they never seemed to care. I was like, 'How do they do that?'

Andy Richter

ManMeLookingCareYoungYoung Man

My mother and my father were very nurturing and wonderful examples of how to live your life.

Jeff Bridges

LifeFatherMotherLiveWonderful

You don't want your personality to eclipse your work because no one would be interested in seeing your work anymore.

Amy Landecker

WorkPersonalityYouSeeingWant

Every time one can write a self-deluded song, you are way ahead of the game, way ahead. Self-delusion is the basis of nearly all the great scenes in all the great plays, from 'Oedipus' to 'Hamlet.'

Stephen Sondheim

GreatTimeSongGameYouWay

Believe it or not, there are some things that I have written that would be kind of a dream to make. Hopefully, I will get to finance them... There is something that I wrote called 'Demon's Flare' which would kind of be a dream come true.

Steven Seagal

Be KindFinanceBelieveDreamTrue

My father was the quintessential husband and dad.

Sidney Poitier

FatherHusbandQuintessentialDad

I have never seen such extreme partisanship, such bitter partisanship, and such forgetfulness of the fate of our fathers and of the Constitution.

Robert Byrd

ConstitutionFateNeverBitterSeen

Democracy matters because it reflects an idea of equality and an idea of liberty. It reflects an idea of dignity, the dignity of the individual, the idea that each individual should have an equal vote, an equal say, in the formation of their government.

Rory Stewart

GovernmentEqualityDemocracyDignity

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