Wendell Berry Quotes

We have the world to live in on the condition that we will take good care of it. And to take good care of it, we have to know it. And to know it and to be willing to take care of it, we have to love it.

Wendell Berry

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LoveGoodLiveWorldCareTake Care

The best gift I was ever given was the arts. My mum gave me those on a silver platter. Growing up, her and my grandmother would take me to ballets, classical concerts, even smoky jazz clubs I wasn't supposed to be in!

Jill Scott

BestMeGrowing UpGiftJazzSilver

I can cry all day long - that's easy for me.

Jessica Pare

DayMeLongEasyI CanCry

We feel good about our running backs as we have them right now, and we will continue to see how they progress.

Jerry Jones

GoodProgressFeel GoodFeelNow

We took the handcheck out of the game to give guys like Steph Curry more freedom. Why didn't we say, 'Just get in the weight room and get stronger?'

Stan Van Gundy

FreedomGameStrongerSayWhyMore

The first record was basically a quick, fast record. The second record, we were going for more of a poppier sound - like a heavy pop sound. For 'Rocket to Russia,' we'd sort of reached our pinnacle. We'd gotten really good at what we were doing, so that's like my favorite record - that's a really good record. It's just great from beginning to end.

Tommy Ramone

GoodGreatBeginningEndDoingFast

You learn by mistakes. When you make those mistakes, you try not to make them the third time or the second time. You learn from them. Sometimes you learn the hard way. In football, if I held on to the ball too long, I got my butt kicked. You better make that decision quicker.

Ron Jaworski

TimeDecisionFootballMistakesYou

I'm a writer; I like to retain subtlety and nuance.

Lois Lowry

SubtletyLikeWriterRetainNuance

Portland is a place where everyone closes their eyes and crosses their fingers and hopes for a better community. They keep it small and local, and usually they think if they just make great coffee, it's the best thing for the neighborhood.

Jonathan Krisel

CommunityEyesGreatCoffeeBest

You can't speak for the people unless you're able to walk amongst the people. And how many of these rappers out here actually hang out with regular people?

DMX

WalkPeopleSpeakYouOutHang

It was here in Edinburgh that in the 1980s I joined with many others to protest against Margaret Thatcher as she arrived to address the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

Douglas Alexander

ChurchOthersSheAgainstHere

Don't start vast projects with half-vast resources.

Bruce Pittman

StartResourcesVastProjects

I have before me a newspaper slip on which a writer expresses the opinion that no one should be allowed to possess more than one million dollars' worth of property.

William Graham Sumner

MeOpinionWorthNewspaperMore

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