Mark Strand Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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The world is cynical and sarcastic, but that doesn't mean that that's always the truth.
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I've never met anyone that is their image.
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In Holy Cross, I came to like school, to like studying in a way I had never done before.
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It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week.
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One half who graduate from college never read another book.
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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
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I'm just a kid from Bronx who got lucky.
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I worry unnecessarily.
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Generally, I like making my own mistakes and learning from them because that's what I think life is about.
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Patriotism has no appeal to us; justice has. Party has no weight with us; principle has. Loyalty is meaningless; it depends on what one is loyal to.
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I really started dreaming... and broke out of my shyness when I got to Howard University. My first acting class was an Intro to Acting class with Professor Bay, who really broke me out of my shell, encouraged me to follow my dreams and make them a reality.
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My grandmother died in childbirth, and my great-aunt lived with us. She had bound feet. She never knew how to read or write.
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Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores.
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Writing is a form of licensed madness.
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People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.
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Women are amazing lovers.
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Life is funny. If you don't laugh, you're in trouble.
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I was always interested in the arts as a child - drawing, painting, and piano - but acting became a favourite. I was a major theatre geek in high school - if I wasn't in the drama room at lunch rehearsing, I'd be in the art room finishing up some type of project.
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Our contribution purely depends on our consciousness and our willingness to support those in need, to show vulnerability and accept the support of others, to share without expecting the credit, to give it our all and allow our hard work to decide the outcome, to understand that control can only be achieved with a shared responsibility.
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One of the best parts of working at 'O' is that people just love to send us stuff.
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To say that what a planet is doesn't matter would be to imply that a planetary scientist couldn't explain to someone what the field is about.
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Leaders receive and give assignments. This is an important part of the necessary principle of delegating. No one appreciates a willing volunteer more than I, but the total work cannot be done as the Lord wants it done merely by those doing the work who may be present at meetings.
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Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.
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For some of us, the less said about the way we do things the better.
