Isadora Duncan Quotes

Most human beings today waste some 25 to 30 years of their lives before they break through the actual and conventional lies which surround them.

Isadora Duncan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dancer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 26, 1877 - September 14, 1927

Topics

TodayHumanYearsThroughBreak

So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.

Robert Louis Stevenson

LoveFriendManLovedLongSay

I'm not brave at all.

Matt Nagle

Brave

I knew what I didn't want. I didn't want people to feel sorry for me. I didn't want people to see me as disabled. I wanted to live a life of adventure and stories.

Amy Purdy

LifeLiveAdventurePeopleMeSorry

My wife is my favorite person I've ever met in my 40 years on the planet, and I'm sure she would agree that patience is not her strongest characteristic. I don't know that golf would be the game for her.

Mike Greenberg

PatienceWifeGameGolfPersonKnow

If I make a new bag I love, I don't keep it.

Judith Leiber

LoveBagNewKeepMakeI Love

Once, even the simple metal needle challenged the conventional thinking of a time.

Jonathan Ive

TimeSimpleThinkingMetalEven

My life has been a magnificent indulgence.

Dick Van Dyke

LifeMy LifeBeenMagnificent

As storytellers, we tend to want to force-feed everything and have everybody understand everything right away, and we freak out if they don't.

Brian J. Smith

WantUnderstandRightEverythingOut

I mostly write about the working poor. Somehow, they're not being written about much anymore. I'm very interested in people who are in a situation that needs a little puzzling out. The thing that gets me started on a story is a person in a tough situation.

Bonnie Jo Campbell

PeopleMeToughStorySituationOut

My mother, who died aged 82, had Alzheimer's. Losing your memory is bad enough, but everything shuts down. You can't remember how to eat or go to the toilet. It's a terrible disease and so distressing to watch it take over someone you love.

Bonnie Tyler

LoveMotherLosingMemorySomeone

I can't imagine I'll be the new George Clooney. That's not really on the cards.

Peter Capaldi

CardsNewImagineReallyClooney

Women are underrepresented and neglected in all aspects of the entertainment industry, so naturally, those of us who want to make a change use any opportunity to shine a light on someone when we can.

Lexi Alexander

ChangeWomenOpportunityLightShine

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