Katherine Anne Porter Quotes

Our being is subject to all the chances of life. There are so many things we are capable of, that we could be or do. The potentialities are so great that we never, any of us, are more than one-fourth fulfilled.

Katherine Anne Porter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 15, 1890 - September 18, 1980

Topics

LifeGreatMoreNeverCapableUs

The highs, the lows, the peaks, the valleys, whatever, it's all going to go into the art, whether I'm singing or acting or whatever.

Jill Scott

ArtSingingActingGoWhateverLows

I don't know if I miss it per se, but I do miss the fact that there just doesn't seem to be any rock 'n' roll out there anyplace. Everything does seem kind of tame. It's even hard in Manhattan to go out and find a good band to go see.

Joan Jett

GoodFindGoKnowKindRock

My fragrance is rose and amber, and I was just very specific. A lot of what I've done, at the stages I've done it, I've been a little naive, which brought with it a kind of charm. I did Stella a while ago. It's now a bit of a classic.

Stella McCartney

RoseFragranceDoneNowKindNaive

I live on a one-way street that's also a dead end. I'm not sure how I got there.

Steven Wright

LiveEndStreetDeadGotSure

The film business is absurd. Stars don't last very long. It's much more interesting to be a proper actor.

Tom Courtenay

StarsBusinessInterestingLongMore

The way to activate the seeds of your creation is by making choices about the results you want to create. When you make a choice, you activate vast human energies and resources, which otherwise go untapped.

Robert Fritz

SeedsChoicesYouChoiceCreateGo

If you can sit all generations of a family down and entertain them and, at the same time, leave them talking about existential notions, then that's fantastic.

Tom Goodman-Hill

FamilyTimeTalkingYouDownLeave

I feel strongly that the state would not be well-served by having a governor and speaker of the House from the same family and have never planned to run for governor if that would be the case. With Speaker Madigan planning to continue in office, I will not run for governor.

Lisa Madigan

FamilyPlanningFeelHouseRunWill

I feel so very grateful to have the voice God gave me. It takes a lot of rest and training to sing, and I was lucky that I found a great teacher when I first moved to New York.

Judy Collins

GodTeacherGreatGratefulTraining

Many people focus on the 4 percent rule, which essentially says that as long as you withdraw no more than 4 percent from your retirement accounts each year, the money should last you 30 years.

Jean Chatzky

MoneyFocusPeopleRetirementYear

Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup, whatever it may be, is maybe the most fun couple weeks we have a year, but I love being able to control my own destiny. The work that I am able to put in ahead of time was either going to come out and I was going to be successful with it, or I was going to try and fail and learn how to succeed the next time.

Jordan Spieth

WorkLoveTimeI AmFunControl

The one-handed backhand helps you to be more aggressive in the points.

Dominic Thiem

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