David Whyte Quotes

By definition, poetry works with qualities and dynamics that mainstream society is reluctant to face head-on. It's an interesting phenomenon that by necessity, poetry is just below the radar.

David Whyte

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I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.

Ed Westwick
- Work
- Writing
- Poetry
A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty. We combine in society, with an expectation to have our persons and properties defended against unreasonable exactions either at home or abroad.

Oliver Ellsworth
- Home
- Society
- Government
Walking down the street in any town or city in the world and having people look at you and start talking to you, convinced that they know you as well or better than they do members of their own family, that's just an odd phenomenon. But I mean, I wouldn't say it was a bad thing. It's an interesting thing.

Viggo Mortensen
- People
- World
- Family
I think after a time there won't be anything left to be interesting for mankind. Computers are about to do everything for us. Cellphones are smarter than we are. We'll embrace spirituality because we'll be bored of everything else.

Damian Marley
- Time
- Interesting
- Bored
I like to have interesting things to write about. And when one says something is 'interesting,' one almost always means 'bad.'

P. J. O'Rourke
- Bad
- Interesting
- Write
What we need to do is break the financial community's grip on society.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb