Wendell Berry Quotes

The old and honorable idea of 'vocation' is simply that we each are called, by God, or by our gifts, or by our preference, to a kind of good work for which we are particularly fitted.

Wendell Berry

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 5, 1934

Topics

WorkGoodGodGood WorkKindOld

Anyone who works is a fool. I don't work - I merely inflict myself upon the public.

Robert Morley

WorkMyselfFoolWhoPublicWorks

Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. Remember, he was a chocolate, cherubic-faced genius with an African American halo. He had an Afro halo. He was a kid who was capable of embodying all of the high possibilities and the deep griefs that besieged the African American psyche.

Michael Eric Dyson

MusicDeepChocolateAmericanGenius

Anybody can write music of a sort. But touching the public heart is quite another thing.

John Philip Sousa

MusicHeartWriteQuitePublicSort

An apology might help, but you can change your life without one.

Robin Quivers

LifeChangeHelpYouApologyYour

Operating from 1975 to 1979, S-21 became the most infamous of 196 such prison camps the Khmer Rouge established throughout Cambodia, primarily because so many of its prisoners were the purged party loyal - and because Duch's methods were so stunningly brutal.

Michael Paterniti

PrisonPartyLoyalBecauseCambodia

Sometimes I've done small parts, like with Spike Lee, but it doesn't matter because you want to work with the director.

Monica Bellucci

WorkSmallYouDoneSometimesWant

What we need in Africa is balanced development. Economic success cannot be a replacement for human rights or participation or democracy... it doesn't work.

Mo Ibrahim

WorkSuccessDemocracyParticipation

I want to put my name in history. I love history.

Deontay Wilder

LoveHistoryNameWantI LovePut

What sets Iris Stevenson apart is her success in a system that in no way supports her - with the hardest possible children to convert.

Dawn Steel

SuccessChildrenWayPossibleSystem

I remember my very first training session. It was raining hard. It was cold, and I went home. I couldn't train. I stayed for ten minutes then told my dad to take me home.

Anthony Martial

HomeTrainingMeColdRememberHard

I want to see where I measure up against everyone in the world and everyone who has ever competed in the sport, and there's that innate sense of wanting to challenge myself. I'm competitive in all aspects.

Ashton Eaton

MyselfChallengeWorldMeasureWant

I try not to take myself too seriously, but I do take my work seriously.

Alison Doody

WorkMyselfSeriouslyTryTakeToo

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