David Antin Quotes

When my mother left her second husband, she wrote her autobiography and presented it to him for his approval.

David Antin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 1, 1932

Topics

MotherHusbandSheHimHerLeft

I love to be comfortable, but I also love to play up the glamour.

Jessica Simpson

LovePlayComfortableGlamourUp

When I knew I was pregnant four years ago with a boy, a friend suggested I call him Cary, but I initially resisted. There was only one Cary Grant. But a week before he was due, I started thinking it would be wonderful to pass the name on to him. And anyway, my father wasn't Cary to me. He was Dad.

Jennifer Grant

FriendFatherMeThinkingNameWeek

Over the centuries, and even today, the Bible and Christian theology have helped justify the Crusades, slavery, violence against gays, and the murder of doctors who perform abortions. The words themselves are latent, inert, harmless - until they aren't.

Amy Waldman

TodayWordsSlaveryBibleChristian

When I am there at our global product development centers, I am meeting with the design team and reviewing design work being done there and meeting with engineers responsible for work being done specific to that region, meeting with purchasing team.

Mary Barra

WorkI AmTeamDesignMeetingDone

We're running out of rich people in this country.

Michele Bachmann

PeopleRichCountryOutRich People

What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.

Jawaharlal Nehru

PeopleThinkMattersMoreUsThan

Under slavery, families were ripped apart, and it was a desire of black men and black women to be together with their loved ones. Family meant something. Spouses meant something.

Derrick Grayson

FamilyWomenMenTogetherSlavery

I think in terms of what I am able to accomplish and build.

Christie Hefner

I AmThinkAccomplishBuildAbleAm

We spend so much of our lives doing math problems on how to feel good. It's such a waste of time. You're going to feel how you feel. It's hard to just set up a way that you're going to live your life that is going to be just endlessly happy and healthy. That's impossible.

Brett Gelman

LifeGoodLiveTimeHappyFeel Good

I'm not really Type A, but A minus.

Bobbi Brown

TypeReallyMinus

Theoretically, every probationary officer has a chance to become chairman.

Arundhati Bhattacharya

ChanceBecomeChairmanEveryOfficer

We need to understand that the Geneva Conventions are not just some historical documents born of another time, created for another purpose.

Peter Maurer

TimePurposeBornUnderstandNeed

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