Viggo Mortensen Quotes

On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once in a while, someone might pay to hear me read.

Viggo Mortensen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 20, 1958

Topics

GreatPoetryMeSomeoneLivingPay

Diamonds are created through the pressures of earth and then have to go through a million dirty roads to get to the cutter who turns it into a beautiful massage. And that's like human beings. They go through a lot to be who they are in front of you.

Jeremy Sisto

BeautifulRoadsDiamondsYouEarth

I was really disappointed with the lack of respect from the UFC towards Brazilian athletes.

Anderson Silva

RespectDisappointedUFCBrazilian

When I'm out there on the mound, I'm fighting for my teammates, fighting for the ability to stay in the game for a long time. It's war. I see the hitter - I think about what I want to do, but it's a very quick process. Then I attack. It's almost primal.

Matt Harvey

TimeWarGameThinkFightingLong

One of the weird things about being a designer is guessing what the world will want about a year in advance of when they will want it. It becomes almost a psychological test in a way - how do I feel now and how do I want to feel then.

Michael Bastian

WorldWeirdFeelYearWantTest

Being mentally strong doesn't mean you don't experience emotions. In fact, mental strength requires you to become acutely aware of your emotions so you can make the best choice about how to respond.

Amy Morin

StrengthBestExperienceStrongYou

President Bush will come here and there will be new 'friends' of America to open a new relationship with the world, new economic fortunes for those who 'liberated' them.

Robert Fisk

RelationshipWorldFriendsAmerica

If one by one we counted people out For the least sin, it wouldn't take us long To get so we had no one left to live with. For to be social is to be forgiving.

Robert Frost

LivePeopleLongSinOutLeft

You cannot simply put more money into the same system and get better results, so we will need to reform and innovate in the delivery of education.

Rob McKenna

EducationMoneyBetterYouResults

Choreographers use me as the old guy who still dances. Not that I put on white tights.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

MeWhiteOldGuyStillWho

Existentialism means that no one else can take a bath for you.

Delmore Schwartz

YouBathTakeMeansElse

The double bind lowers its boom on women in positions of authority, so those who haven't yet risen to such positions have not yet felt its full weight.

Deborah Tannen

WomenAuthorityDoubleWeightWho

This has become a bugbear of mine: the difference between geek and nerd.

Alice Eve

BecomeDifferenceGeekMineNerd

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