Karen Blixen Quotes

Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk; it is only later in life that we occupy ourselves with the individuality of our wine.

Karen Blixen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: danish
  • Birth: April 17, 1885 - September 7, 1962

Topics

LifeLoveBusinessAgePeopleWine

It may be something to do with my having been to a girls' school, but I'm far more comfortable making male friendships than female ones. My friends tend to be men and their significant others.

Joanne Harris

MenSchoolFriendsComfortableMore

In this life, it's not hard to do wrong.

John Boyega

LifeWrongHard

I think it's really easy to just get caught up in what everyone else is doing, so I think the most important thing to remember is to be really strong in your own shoes. That is the main thing for me. The one thing that kind of gets in my way sometimes is when I'm a little too aware of everybody else.

Jennifer Damiano

ShoesMeStrongThinkDoingEasy

I feel a buzzing at the base of my neck. It's like I'm on eternal 'vibrate' in case of an emergency.

John Edward

FeelEmergencyNeckLikeI Feel

And I want to be able to - you know, make Republicans and Democrats famous for keeping jobs in California.

Meg Whitman

FamousYouKnowWantCalifornia

Being a winger or a wide mid, I have to run continuously for 90 minutes, which not only takes endurance but also strength in my legs to be able to be explosive for 90 minutes. I think weight training has really allowed me to sustain for those 90 minutes.

Megan Rapinoe

StrengthTrainingMeThinkEndurance

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.

Robert Louis Stevenson

NatureBeautyQualityMenTreesAir

I like documentaries because there's nothing to nitpick or criticize about scenes if they aren't just right. It's about honesty and real-life circumstances coming out. Granted it can be swayed by how people tell that story, but overall, I like it because it is true.

Steven Yeun

HonestyPeopleStoryCircumstances

I don't want to get pigeon-holed into a certain kind of character. I love action roles and the hero, but I want to keep trying something new.

Michael Trucco

LoveCharacterHeroActionTrying

Everything in politics is politically motivated, didn't you know?

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

PoliticsYouKnowEverything

My father was a sheep shearer, so I grew up in a caravan; we'd go around from shearing shed to shearing shed. My mother always wanted us to be educated, so I went to a school.

Jason Clarke

FatherMotherSchoolSheepGoUp

When I wrote those two songs, I couldn't have been any closer to the bottom.

Don Gibson

TwoBottomBeenCloserSongsThose

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Karen Blixen