Jack Gilbert Quotes

Fame is a lot of fun, but it's not interesting. I loved being noticed and praised, even the banquets. But they didn't have anything that I wanted. After about six months, I found it boring.

Jack Gilbert

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 18, 1925 - November 13, 2012

Topics

FunLovedInterestingFameBoring

A surprising amount of my jokes sound very implausible but are true.

Jimmy Carr

TrueSoundJokesSurprisingVery

A good culture in a hospital can absorb and manage a few bad nurses, but once the culture becomes bad in itself, bad nursing practice is much harder to hide.

Jo Brand

GoodCulturePracticeBadHideOnce

My nominee for Best Picture of the year - maybe the best picture ever, because it's essentially made up of and is an ecstatic love letter to all other movies - is Christian Marclay's endlessly enticing must-see masterpiece 'The Clock.'

Jerry Saltz

LoveBestPictureChristianYearUp

People go into cartooning because they're shy and they're angry. That's when you're sitting in the back of a classroom drawing the teacher.

Matt Groening

TeacherAngryPeopleDrawingYouGo

When we vote to leave, I think a majority of people in Scotland will also vote to leave as well.

Michael Gove

PeopleThinkVoteWillLeaveWell

I want to be a woman who has a little bit more figured out, who doesn't have so many doubts.

Mia Goth

WomanWantMoreOutLittleDoubts

It's never too early to involve your kids in giving back. And the more hands-on the experiences are, the better.

Soleil Moon Frye

BetterGivingBackEarlyGiving Back

Sometimes these challenges naturally select more chefs that can think on their feet very quickly. There are chefs I know who won't put things on the menu unless they've tried it four or five times. So you just naturally select a certain kind of chef, people who maybe don't win a bunch of challenges but they hang around.

Tom Colicchio

PeopleChefChallengesWinThink

I am a senior Democratic Member of Congress whose parents were born in Puerto Rico and for whom Puerto Rico self-determination has been - and remains - a central issue of my congressional career.

Luis Gutierrez

I AmParentsCareerBornPuerto Rico

I've been to Canada, and I've always gotten the impression that I could take the country over in about two days.

Jon Stewart

CountryCanadaTwoAlwaysOverDays

I have a critical nature, in the sense that when I look at something I often look for the flaws.

Donald Fagen

NatureLookFlawsSomethingSense

Whatever you do, never do the duck face - that's the worst look for any girl out there. Some girls think that pushing out their lips looks fabulous, but it doesn't.

Coco Rocha

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