Willa Cather Quotes

What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.

Willa Cather

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 7, 1873 - April 24, 1947

Topics

LifeArtMomentPastSweetStrong

I don't have a type. I've dated so many different types, different personalities, different looks - from athletic to very non-athletic. The only thing I have to have is someone who is really motivated in life and challenges me. If I don't have that, I get bored.

Jill Wagner

LifeMeChallengesSomeoneLooks

Going after 'the bad guy' has not been a real issue for me.

Jennifer Garner

MeBadRealBad GuyGuyGoing

By protecting our Afghan friends from reprisals and welcoming them into our American family, we can assert that the United States is still a great and good country - and that we do not abandon those who risked their lives to serve with us.

Jeanne Shaheen

FamilyGoodGreatAmericanFriends

Most writers I know go for word counts, and I used to be a journalist, so I guess that's ingrained.

Aminatta Forna

GoKnowUsedWordMostCounts

Anybody who's lived in the ghetto knows that you don't move during the daytime. Here's why: You don't want anyone to know you're leaving, and you don't want anyone knowing where you're going.

Tracy Morgan

YouGhettoKnowWantLeavingWhy

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

Mason Cooley

New YorkDrawingParisNewVillages

I love books with titles like, 'How Do You Spank a Porcupine?,' 'Arnie, the Darling Starling,' or 'The Bat in My Pocket.'

Luis Alberto Urrea

LoveYouTitlesDarlingBatBooks

A room is not a room without natural light.

Louis Kahn

LightWithoutRoomNatural

I was a Russian dancer in my elementary school production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' when I was in third grade or fourth grade. I was one of the younger kids accepted into the play, and the plays were pretty impressive, let me say.

Lizzy Caplan

SchoolMePlaySayRoofProduction

All I wanted to do was come into my own and find out my career path and what I wanted to do with my life - but, at the same time, showing respect to my father and mother and make them proud as well.

Jovan Adepo

LifeFatherMotherPathTimeProud

The only time a man thinks is when he's alone.

Jose Bergamin

AloneTimeManOnlyOnly TimeHe

I got kicked out of high school, so I couldn't get into very many colleges.

David Talbot

SchoolHigh SchoolOutHighGotGet

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