Karen Blixen Quotes

Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever.

Karen Blixen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeBeautifulMeRichBetterWay

Art is the provocation for talking about enigma and the search for sense in human life. One can do that by telling a story or writing about a fresco by Giotto or studying how a snail climbs up a wall.

John Berger

LifeArtWritingStorySearchWall

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

John F. Kennedy

FearTruthPeopleJudgeNationOpen

Slow and steady wins the race.

Robert Lloyd

WisdomSlowRaceSteadyWins

My studio is not arty. It doesn't smell of turpentine, and I'm not knee-high in paper.

Robert Ingpen

SmellPaperStudioArty

I have called the co-host job at the 'Today Show' my dream job, and I would be lying if I said it was easy to leave that job.

Ann Curry

TodayJobEasyDreamSaidLying

When you ask someone a question and they're slow to respond, don't feel pressure to move the conversation forward. Remaining silent plays to your advantage. Moments of silence make people feel as though they should speak, especially when the ball is in their court. This is a great tool to use in negotiations and other difficult conversations.

Travis Bradberry

GreatSilencePeopleForwardSpeak

It's not easy casting the men. You have to go gingerly, but you have to approach the right man at the right time because men don't want to play second fiddle to a woman. That's the truth.

Rosamund Pike

TruthTimeMenWomanManYou

It comforts the adult conscience to remember that, amid history's grave injustices, there were still great lives.

Rumaan Alam

HistoryGreatRememberConscience

I knew in my gut that there was something wrong with a system that couldn't fire its incompetents, and I had my share of incompetent college teachers.

Luke Ford

FireCollegeWrongTeachersSystem

In terms of my Indianness, I try not to rely on it nor deny it. When it comes up organically in my writing, we can address it. About five years ago, we wrote this episode of 'The Office,' called 'Diwali,' which seemed like an organic way of using it.

Mindy Kaling

WritingWayTryOfficeYearsUp

Movement has been one of the few constants in my life, and I always feel a great sense of optimism when I set off to a new place.

Conor Oberst

LifeGreatOptimismFeelMy Life

Ever since wars have been fought, guys have been writing their stories.

Brandon Webb

WritingBeenStoriesGuysEverWars

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