Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes

There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while one is little; for when one is grown one would know them as a matter of course.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: December 4, 1875 - December 29, 1926

Topics

ManOld ManKnowMatterOldTell

What we're doing with Airbnb feels like the nexus of everything that is right. We're helping people be more resourceful with the space they already have, and we're connecting people around the world.

Joe Gebbia

SpacePeopleWorldDoingMoreRight

People say I'm such a pessimist, but I always was. It never stopped me from doing what I had to do. I would say I'm a realist.

Joan Baez

PeopleMeDoingSayNeverRealist

I've always been a glass-half-full as opposed to a glass-half-empty, and the day that changes is the day I should leave.

John Key

DayChangesAlwaysLeaveBeen

I think more and more people want to live alone. You can be a couple without being in each other's pockets. I don't see why you have to share the same bathroom.

Jeanne Moreau

LiveAlonePeopleThinkYouWant

In terms of smaller changes over time, I think good plays are like poems. Every syllable counts. So I wrestle with word choice, rhythm in final drafts.

Stephen Karam

GoodTimeThinkChoiceRhythmOver

You have to remember that not every creature that was evolving left behind its skull or its tools for our convenience tens of thousands of years later. Most bones or most tools rot or get buried and are never found again.

Steven Pinker

ToolsRememberYouNeverSkullLeft

Man, it seemed, had been created to jab the life out of Germans.

Siegfried Sassoon

LifeManOutBeenGermansCreated

I always get everyone prepared so there aren't so many arguments on set. I have a policy that the first thing I do in the morning is go over to the trailers and discuss exactly what we're shooting that day. It's time-consuming, but it reduces the chances of 'misunderstandings' on set.

Tony Scott

MorningDayGoFirstOverShooting

I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk.

Roddy Doyle

PeopleBelieveI BelieveTalkSee

I have the career that I want.

Ron Howard

CareerWant

I started getting jobs, and I thought it was going to be real easy.

Ron Silver

ThoughtEasyRealBe RealGoing

I am not interested in the technology business, at least not in getting hands-on.

Roshni Nadar

BusinessTechnologyI AmHands-OnAm

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