Jamaica Kincaid Quotes

I love planting. I love digging holes, putting plants in, tapping them in. And I love weeding, but I don't like tidying up the garden afterwards.

Jamaica Kincaid

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: May 25, 1949

Topics

LoveGardeningPlantsGardenUp

'Pacific Rim,' for me, was a chance to touch on those old Toho monster movies. 'Godzilla' and 'Rodan'... and then 'Ultraman' and 'Robotech' and all those kinds of things.

John Knoll

MeChanceMoviesTouchOldMonster

Making dance music is a spiritual thing. It's about being completely absorbed by rhythm and vibration, so much so that the petty stuff of life stops mattering.

Sophie Hawley-Weld

LifeMusicDanceSpiritualRhythm

I really love that: bringing people together and feeling the love.

Romy Madley Croft

LoveTogetherPeopleFeelingReally

I believe our inability to achieve victory stems mainly from having lost sight as a nation of what it means to win.

Michael T. Flynn

WinVictoryBelieveAchieveLost

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.

Joseph Addison

MenEasyCircumstancesEnemies

Most magazines have become wallpaper, they're all the same, all the same celebrities. It's really an abysmal time in American journalism right now. But occasionally one story or two will pop out.

David Talbot

TimeStoryAmericanJournalismNow

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

Confucius

FriendshipFriendsMoreDistrustOur

I've been very fortunate to be able to use my series as a platform to show a good message for the kids.

Chuck Norris

GoodFortunateShowBeenAbleKids

My favorite dish is tandoori chicken.

Shah Rukh Khan

ChickenFavoriteDish

Alexander Wang has been one of my favorite designers since I was younger.

Selah Louise Marley

FavoriteBeenYoungerSince

I'm a late developer.

Kristin Scott Thomas

LateDeveloper

Trump was elected in part because enough Americans viewed him as a capable and strong leader, someone who is 'decisive' and 'competent.'

Kristen Soltis Anderson

LeaderStrongSomeoneEnoughCapable

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