Langston Hughes Quotes

I live in Harlem, New York City. I am unmarried. I like 'Tristan,' goat's milk, short novels, lyric poems, heat, simple folk, boats and bullfights; I dislike 'Aida,' parsnips, long novels, narrative poems, cold, pretentious folk, buses and bridges.

Langston Hughes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 1, 1902 - May 22, 1967

Topics

LiveSimpleI AmNew YorkCityCold

There is a point in every young person's life when you realize that the youth that you've progressed through and graduate to some sort of adulthood is equally as messed up as where you're going.

Jena Malone

LifeTeenYouthYouPersonYoung

If you go through your life being completely truthful, everybody will hate you, and something I deeply fear is being hated.

John Lithgow

LifeFearHateYouGoWill

First comes an idea. Then, characters begin to evolve out of the landscape of that idea. And then, finally, characters dominate: plot is simply a function of what these people might do or be. Everything has to flow from their personalities; otherwise it will not be emotionally engaging, or plausible.

Robert Harris

PeopleLandscapeFlowWillFirst

It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing I'd ever seen, that California sunshine.

Angela Carter

SunshineCaliforniaEveryoneContract

I am a humanist. I am for nice, easy balance.

Meryl Streep

BalanceI AmEasyNiceAmHumanist

One of the things I'm adamant about as a bandleader is not micromanaging. I'm an advocate for the concept of allowing everyone to be fully vested in what they're doing, so everyone contributes whatever they're inspired to contribute.

Stefon Harris

DoingEveryoneWhateverAdvocate

We penalize and suspend players for making contact with the head while checking, in an effort to reduce head injuries, yet we still allow fighting. We're stuck in the middle and need to decide what kind of sport do we want to be. Either anything goes and we accept the consequences, or take the next step and eliminate fighting.

Steve Yzerman

EffortStepFightingInjuriesKind

Men are allowed to get older and women are not.

Shirley Knight

WomenMenGetWomen AreOlder

Actions have consequences.

Tom Cotton

ConsequencesActions

I was always out wiping around on the farm with three-wheelers and four-wheelers. I loved the speed and the adrenaline rush that followed.

Mike Schultz

LovedSpeedFarmAlwaysOutRush

Every theory presented as a scientific concept is just that; it's a theory that tries to explain more about the world than previous theories have done. It is open to being challenged and to being proven incorrect.

Marvin Harris

WorldDoneMoreExplainOpenTheory

I want to change a lot.

Courteney Cox

ChangeWantLot

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Langston Hughes