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W. H. Auden Quotes

The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of their own.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: english
Birth: February 21, 1907 - September 29, 1973

Topics

Children Animals Own Profile Faces

I needed a place to put the dogs. The prisoners ruined the jail, so I put the prisoners in the tents and I had a nice place to put the dogs. We treat the cats nice too, and horses. I have the inmates take care of the animals. It's therapy too, you see.

Cats Treat Care Take Care You Nice

We hire people who are smarter than us.

People Hire Us Who Smarter Than

I like listening to Garrison Keillor's 'The Writer's Almanac' with my daughter.

Daughter Listening Like Writer

Yeah, I guess everyone's had a reasonable amount of sex in their lives, some less than others.

Sex Others Everyone Than Some Guess

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

Depression Best Hot Deeds Noble

Motherhood has completely changed me. It's just about like the most completely humbling experience that I've ever had. I think that it puts you in your place because it really forces you to address the issues that you claim to believe in and if you can't stand up to those principles when you're raising a child, forget it.

Experience Child Me Motherhood Think

Once your company grows past a certain point, upholding values becomes more and more difficult. This is where companies get into trouble. Thus, it's absolutely critical to take your company values seriously and practice it every day.

Day Past Practice Values Every Day

I don't look at myself as a hero or smart person. I have a seventh-grade education, but I've had a lot of fun.

Education Myself Hero Smart Fun Had

To me, rockabilly music paralleled punk's energy and feeling, but the players were much better.

Music Me Energy Better Feeling Punk

'Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions.

Responsibility Decisions Authority

Most companies don't have a good mechanism to give the CEO real, honest feedback.

Good Feedback Real Honest Give CEO

Chiapas has had its problems for many centuries. The different Indian tribes that live there have always fought among themselves.

Ricardo Salinas Pliego

Live Problems Always Different Many

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