Jack Prelutsky Quotes

After I'd produced about two dozen pen and ink drawings, one evening I decided that they needed poems to accompany them. I still have no idea where that notion came from, but it took me about two hours to produce verses for these creatures.

Jack Prelutsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MeEveningPenTwoWhereDozen

In South Africa, we drive on the left-hand side, and most of the cars are standard, so I learned with a full-gear transmission with a clutch and hill starts. I've never driven an automatic until I came to Canada.

Jodi Balfour

DriveCanadaHillAfricaNeverSide

Well, it's an adventure story, and a Bildungsroman, of course, but there was also the intention to describe a culture that had been seen in rather narrow terms.

John M. Ford

CultureAdventureStoryIntention

I'm sure all the people who have been born 20 years ago don't know anything about me at all except 'LOVE', and that's a nasty word.

Robert Indiana

LovePeopleMeBornKnowAnything

Culture is an instrument wielded by teachers to manufacture teachers, who, in their turn, will manufacture still more teachers.

Simone Weil

CultureTeachersWillMoreTurnWho

Human rights, race relations, gender politics, health care, and foreign policy - it's a lot to keep track of, and yet all of these things affect us in our daily lives. Making sense of everything requires meticulous unpacking of feelings, delicate navigation of social norms, and a community of love to help along the way.

Tracee Ellis Ross

LoveDailyCommunityHealthPolitics

Here is a secret that no one has told you: Real life is junior high.

Tom Brokaw

LifeYouSecretRealHighReal Life

A calming place, where you can go to escape it all and just focus on your body, is so wonderful to have.

Mary Helen Bowers

FocusYouBodyPlaceGoYour Body

I'm not the kind of person who gives up without a fight.

Michael Landon

FightPersonKindWithoutUpWho

I just try to keep making good records, try to write songs the best way I can and take my job seriously. Like most people take their jobs.

Jason Isbell

GoodBestJobPeopleI CanWay

Old men need applause too.

Don Everly

MenOldNeedOld MenApplauseToo

I made three short films of my own which I wrote, produced, directed... you did everything in those days. My favourite one was something I shot on VHS... a little documentary.

Asif Kapadia

ShortYouThreeMy OwnEverything

I've always loved animals and I always thought that they were, if not better, then the absolute equal of any two legged creature that God ever created.

Ali MacGraw

GodThoughtLovedBetterAnimals

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