Jack Prelutsky Quotes

I'm working now on a collection of Shakespearean sonnets, about 100 of them, that I may publish if anyone's interested. My take on life is a little different from the bard's.

Jack Prelutsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 8, 1940

Topics

LifeLife Is ANowLittleTakeMay

I'm not violent.

Jeremy Renner

Violent

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

YouForgetLandBelongFruits

Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they should engage and delight the inner ear.

Michael Cunningham

MusicLanguageMeaningRhythmEngage

Why shouldn't I do what I want to do... I'm an American citizen.

Steve Prefontaine

AmericanCitizenWantWhy

I wanted to show people I'm like a modern Romeo. I'm romantic, but I can also be seductive. I can be cool and charismatic, swagger-type.

Romeo Santos

RomanticPeopleCoolI CanModern

A sense of humor saves your life, and being able to make friends wherever you go.

Jason O'Mara

LifeHumorFriendsYouGoWherever

When it's complicated at family level, that can stop you from being at ease in your job.

Dimitri Payet

FamilyJobYouStopComplicated

Miranda is extremely tacky. I personally want to edit my videos well, but I have to keep Miranda's character in mind, so there are bad angles, flashy cuts, and sparkles everywhere.

Colleen Ballinger

CharacterMindBadWantAnglesWell

On the one hand I follow a vocation because I have an ability that I should exercise, but I want to use it for a reason, because I don't see that the freedoms that I enjoy are God-given realities. So I have a very healthy, activist general tension in me which feels that no, this is not gratuitous, it is important to keep this in focus.

Wolfgang Tillmans

FocusMeEnjoyExerciseHealthySee

I love doing comedy, and I don't get a chance to much. I get to play lots of serious people, and killers, and people with a lot of... sheriffs. Good people and bad people, but lots of drama, and to get a chance to be genuinely silly is a great treat for me.

William Sadler

LoveGoodGreatPeopleMeTreat

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

Plato

CommunicationMenWiseSpeakFools

I've been used to being my own boss for a really long time, so I don't take to authority very well.

Priyanka Chopra

TimeBossLongLong TimeAuthority

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