Lawrence Ferlinghetti Quotes

Don't patronize the chain bookstores. Every time I see some author scheduled to read and sign his books at a chain bookstore, I feel like telling him he's stabbing the independent bookstores in the back.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 24, 1919

Topics

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If you go to a big city anywhere in the world and you need a doctor, just ask me. I can tell you who's good and who's bad. I've even considered writing a guidebook.

Steffi Graf

GoodCityMeWritingDoctorWorld

One simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being.

Tom Peters

SayingHumanLovelyPayWithoutHe

I always thought of myself as a later bloomer, so I like some of my work more later than earlier.

Robert Duvall

WorkMyselfThoughtMoreAlways

Traditional companies have to start looking into themselves to offer more opportunities in their companies by starting new subsidiaries and joint ventures.

Masayoshi Son

LookingStartOpportunitiesNewMore

It's empowering to find a workout that builds strength and grace.

Mary Helen Bowers

StrengthGraceFindWorkoutBuilds

If you're going to make a lot of films about a particular group of animals, you might as well pick one that's fairly common. And octopus are: they live in all the oceans. They also live deep. And I can't say octopus are responsible for my really strong interest in getting in subs and going deep, but whatever the case, I like that.

Mike deGruy

LiveDeepStrongYouSayGroup

Many of the big decisions over progression, promotion and future career trajectory are taken when people are in their late twenties and thirties, putting women at a huge disadvantage because this is the very time they are most likely to be having a break to have children.

Cherie Blair

WomenFutureChildrenTimePeople

People remember the last thing you did.

Ari Graynor

PeopleRememberYouLastDidThing

It doesn't matter: any weight, shape or form or however your body is, you want to be proud of it.

Ali Krieger

ProudYouBodyWantYour BodyShape

To me, it was shocking that a government of men could look with such extreme contempt on a movement that was asking nothing except such a simple little thing as the right to vote.

Alice Paul

MenSimpleGovernmentMeLookVote

One girl used to call me Brownie and tell me to go back to my own country. At lunch, I'd get a bag of chips from the vending machine and eat it in the storage room so I wouldn't have to see her.

Priyanka Chopra

GirlMeLunchBagBackCountry

If you're with me, you'll know if I want to kiss you or not. There will be no question. When it comes to that stuff, I'm pretty bold with the eyes.

Tika Sumpter

EyesKissMeYouBoldKnow

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