Katha Pollitt Quotes

Abortion is part of being a mother and of caring for children, because part of caring for children is knowing when it's not a good idea to bring them into the world.

Katha Pollitt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 14, 1949

Topics

GoodMotherChildrenCaringWorld

I believe in the cause, and I believe in the people, and by supporting Music Rights Awareness, I very much hope - and believe - we can make a difference.

Max Martin

MusicHopePeopleBelieveAwareness

For an actor, it's great fun to play one of these hungry white sharks. Audiences love to hate them.

Michael Douglas

LoveGreatHateFunSharksPlay

I like the writing life, but it's not something that always makes enough money.

Tom Drury

LifeMoneyWritingEnoughAlways

I was pleased when the picture was over I fit in all right and I spoke well enough as I said before, cause I was scared to death there for a minute. I mean, you're doing a scene with somebody like that or they're watching you or something, you'd better come up with something.

Rod Steiger

DeathBetterPictureDoingEnough

Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts.

Mary Boykin Chesnut

LoveForgivenessImpossibleLasts

We need an adult in the White House. When making life-or-death, war-or-peace decisions, a president can't just pop off or lash out irrationally.

Michelle Obama

DecisionsHouseWhitePresidentNeed

The fact that a crime might have been committed with impunity in the past may make it seem more familiar and less gruesome, but surely does not give it any greater legitimacy.

Jonathan Kozol

PastCrimeMoreSeemMayGive

When people ask me about what I learned from martial arts, I don't talk about favorite punches or kicks, or about fights won or lost. I talk about learning self-discipline, about ethics and manners and benevolence and fairness.

Jonathan Maberry

LearningEthicsPeopleMeFairness

I had a quick ear and could pick up languages.

Diane Cilento

QuickUpPickEarLanguagesCould

It's sad that we vote for and elect officials to run our state, run our country, over social issues. I don't believe they belong in politics.

Diane Hendricks

SadPoliticsBelieveCountryRun

Somebody's willingness to let me photograph them, and willingness to tell me a story, has nothing to do with the words I say. It all has to do with the energy I'm giving off, which hopefully is very genuine, very interested energy. It's just two people having a conversation in the street. I think that's where genuine content comes from.

Brandon Stanton

WordsPeopleMeEnergyStoryThink

I grew up watching Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.

Pierre Niney

WatchingUpBusterCharlie Chaplin

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