Wendell Berry Quotes

An economy genuinely local and neighborly offers to localities a measure of security that they cannot derive from a national or a global economy controlled by people who, by principle, have no local commitment.

Wendell Berry

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CommitmentPeopleMeasureSecurity

Organized murder is war, and though we demonstrate against a particular war, the nuclear, or any other kind of war, we have never demonstrated against war.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

WarKindNeverOrganizedAgainst

I don't like rules.

Jeremy Irons

RulesLike

The personal contact is a personal thing. The fact that some people don't know their neighbors, I don't think that technology is at fault. You don't lose anything with technology. You gain other avenues of understanding.

John Warnock

TechnologyPeopleThinkUnderstanding

Everything we say signifies; everything counts, that we put out into the world. It impacts on kids, it impacts on the zeitgeist of the time.

Meryl Streep

TimeWorldSayEverythingOutKids

And I thought I would just share with you what science says today about silicone breast implants. If you have them, you're healthier than if you don't. In fact, there's no science that shows that silicone breast implants are detrimental and, in fact, they make you healthier.

Tom Coburn

TodayScienceThoughtYouShare

You couldn't pay me enough money to go back to being 20. So many tears; what a nightmare it was. It's much better being older.

Robin Wright

MoneyMeTearsBetterEnoughYou

It is incumbent upon all of us to build communities with the educational opportunities and support systems in place to help our youth become successful adults.

Ruben Hinojosa

SupportYouthOpportunitiesHelpUs

I might be in a little decline. I don't know. How many guys that have played 150 games are still on the upswing? I've played a lot of games, a lot of snaps.

Logan Mankins

KnowGamesLittleStillHowGuys

I continue to be interested in new things that seem old and old things that seem new.

Jaquelin T. Robertson

New ThingsNewOldOld ThingsSeem

It's funny, I can sit through the worst horror film ever made but even a quite good romantic comedy can drive me nuts.

Jason Reitman

FunnyGoodRomanticMeDriveComedy

I feel like, in Boston, I was a little too complacent. I could get on stage when I wanted. I didn't feel like I was pushing myself. I could get work in New England and not have to travel too much.

Josh Gondelman

WorkMyselfTravelFeelToo Much

When I play, I don't cheat. I played for 490,000 in Berlin, and I'll play just as hard for 100.

Dick Dale

PlayHardCheatJustBerlinPlayed

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