Jamaica Kincaid Quotes

Time is the element that controls the consciousness, the very being of the people.

Jamaica Kincaid

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimePeopleConsciousnessBeingVery

Back then, I, most rockers loved Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis... you know in the '60s.

Joe Cocker

LovedYouBackKnowLittleMost

We as men, in particular black men, are constantly supported, nurtured, forgiven, apologized for, led, followed and coddled by black women, and they get very little in return.

Jesse Williams

WomenMenBlackLittleReturnGet

The walls of our upstairs hallway testify that we once had photogenic children. There are rows of framed pictures that show them playing baseball, basketball, holding a toad, and smiling in the sunlight at their eager parents. Everything is orderly and bright.

John Dickerson

ChildrenWallsBaseballParents

Angels are spirits, flames of fire; they are higher than man, they have wider connections.

Matthew Simpson

FireManConnectionsAngelsHigher

Star performers are my favorite to manage and lead. Star performers are critical to any organization, and the key is how can you capture their heart-share and their mind-share when they're on this fast track.

John Stumpf

OrganizationKeyYouFastCapture

A worthy woman personifies the truly noble and worthwhile attributes of life.

Russell M. Nelson

LifeWomanWorthyNobleWorthwhile

But to be self-obsessed is simply not o.k. for the most important country in the world, the United States, which affects every other country in the world.

Christiane Amanpour

WorldCountryImportantAffectsMost

Some of my best friends are white.

Rick Ross

BestFriendsWhiteSome

Our foreign policy and our military policy is make sure that we fight on foreign shores and not shores here.

Ryan Zinke

FightMilitaryPolicyHereSureOur

There was one thing I loved a little bit more than surfing - and that was acting.

Kelsey Grammer

LovedActingMoreLittleSurfing

Interacting with Indian children was so fulfilling. They are so affectionate. Every school I've visited, I've been overwhelmed by the enthusiasm and love they've showered me with!

Ken Spillman

LoveChildrenSchoolMeEnthusiasm

Cinema dominated the Fife coalfield towns. We lived in Lochgelly, but my mum was caught up in Hollywood. She was in love with the style and glamour. Sometimes she would come with me to the cinema in the afternoons, and she would say things like, 'I wouldn't mind a peck with Gregory.'

Kenneth Cranham

LoveStyleMindMeCinemaSometimes

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