Edward Hirsch Quotes

A person who's only suffering can't write a poem. There are choices to be made, and you need to be objective.

Edward Hirsch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 20, 1950

Topics

SufferingChoicesYouPersonNeed

I told Donald Trump, 'This isn't a campaign, this is a movement.' Look at what's happening. The American people are not happy with their government.

Jeff Sessions

GovernmentHappyPeopleAmerican

It's one of the worst-kept secrets of family life that all parents have a preferred son or daughter, and the rules for acknowledging it are the same everywhere: The favored kids recognize their status and keep quiet about it - the better to preserve the good thing they've got going and to keep their siblings off their back.

Jeffrey Kluger

LifeFamilyGoodSonDaughterRules

I believe our biggest issue is the same biggest issue that the whole world is facing, and that's habitat destruction.

Steve Irwin

WorldBelieveI BelieveSameWhole

I like using traditional beliefs in my fantasies, even though I always end up warping them to suit my purpose: it somehow makes everything feel more 'solid' if it's got a long history behind it.

Jonathan Stroud

HistoryPurposeEndFeelLongMore

I don't think just funny is enough on Broadway.

Don Knotts

FunnyThinkEnoughBroadwayJust

Spiritually, I'm a floating entity, but Buddhism is as close as I can get to describing it.

Donovan

I CanFloatingGetCloseSpiritually

I never considered myself a lucky person. I'm the most extraordinary pessimist. I truly am.

Christopher Nolan

MyselfPersonLuckyNeverPessimist

When you travel the world, you have to watch and you have to listen. We're not going to come in to Ireland without an understanding that there's a history that's very sensitive.

Chuck D

HistoryTravelWorldUnderstanding

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

Aristotle

LifeBestManGraceDignityBears

The explosion in the number of available personal services says a great deal about changing ideas of what we can reasonably expect from whom.

Arlie Russell Hochschild

GreatIdeasPersonalExpectChanging

It turns out that life in the kitchen is very similar to life on a team. Sports and kitchens are about teams. I found my alternate team sport in the kitchen.

Wylie Dufresne

LifeSportsTeamKitchenOutFound

I lost my dad two years ago to cancer, and before he died, I asked him to write 'Daddy's Little Girl' on a piece of paper for me. I told him it was for an album. He practiced and practiced and then sent it to me, and I had it tattooed onto my wrist and surprised him with it. He cried when he saw it, happy tears. This way I always carry him with me.

Priyanka Chopra

GirlHappyMeTearsLostWay

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