Jamaica Kincaid Quotes

Children like their mothers especially to be standing still and watching them, even if they are sleeping. At least that's how I felt. There's nothing wrong with the self-interest of children; it's just the way they are.

Jamaica Kincaid

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ChildrenWrongNothingSleepingWay

At first, I took theater courses on the side. Then, theater became my minor; then it was my major.

Jimmy Smits

FirstSideTheaterMinorThenMajor

I was good at football and cricket at school. My dad said, 'Son, be an architect,' and I came to Melbourne passionate about becoming an architect.

Max Walker

GoodSonFootballSchoolCricket

Any excuse to get away from the computer screen is welcome.

Stefan Sagmeister

WelcomeScreenAwayGetComputer

When you're moved by music, that's always good.

Stone Gossard

GoodMusicYouAlwaysMoved

I don't have to sit around and wait for the next movie to come along, I can go out and sing.

Diana Ross

WaitI CanGoNextOutSit

Inconsiderate, rude behavior drives me nuts. And I guess the inconsiderate rudeness of social ineptitude definitely fuels my work.

Cindy Sherman

WorkMeBehaviorRudeNutsSocial

What you're going to be eating in the next year is decided by chefs. If the consensus is that pot-bellies are in next season, that's what's on your plate. And I think that's a good thing, because we know, obviously, about food.

Anthony Bourdain

GoodFoodEatingThinkYearYou

But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.

William Shakespeare

SoulI AmAliveSinMostHonour

As a young actor, I would be invited to the CBC radio drama department to do voices for different characters, and I found that I could do quite a few of them. I wasn't a visual presence, and I found it easier to construct a voice from the written page.

Peter Cullen

VoiceDramaPageYoungActorRadio

The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.

Pawan Kalyan

RevolutionYouFallAppleMakeRipe

One of the things that 'Too Bright' refers to is how there's a lot of times where I see things that I could change that could make me more contented, but I usually just don't make those changes because they seem new and scary. I just stay where I'm at, even if I'm miserable, because I'm familiar with it.

Perfume Genius

ChangeMeNewBrightChangesSee

The digitally native generation has no idea what has been lost to the freedom of intimacy that has no fear of being recorded.

Tina Brown

FearFreedomGenerationLostNo Fear

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