David Whyte Quotes
A good poem looks life straight in the face, unflinching, sincere, equal to revelation through loss or gain.
David Whyte
Quotes to Explore
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Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.
W. Somerset Maugham
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Well, Eminem, you know, I know him longer. Ive been signed to his label since 2001 and he's a good friend.
Obie Trice
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For fiction, I'm not particularly nationalistic. I'm not like the Hugo Chavez of Latin American letters, you know? I want people to read good work.
Daniel Alarcon
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I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say.
Ingrid Bergman
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My parents had a great marriage. Interestingly, it made it harder for me in relationships because I knew what a good relationship looked like.
Candace Bushnell
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Just to go into a shop without getting stared at would be nice. I mean, I don't walk around like, 'Oh, I'm trying to be famous' - I try to lead as normal a life as possible - but sometimes it's annoying. It's fine; it's not a massive problem, but sometimes it's just a bit uncomfortable.
Kate Moss
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I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.
P. J. Harvey
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Life is one long jubilee.
Ira Gershwin
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I think it's important to be able to say that you did live a normal life and struggled to make ends meet. It all has to do with work ethic and how I apply myself to my awesome job now. I've always been used to working because I've been working since I was four.
Naya Rivera
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I really do feel very lucky. I've had my kids and my relationships. I've set my life down - I'm in my house, and I'm alone with my children - and I'm at peace, and that's a really nice feeling. All I really want in my life is to maintain that.
Kate Hudson
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At the end of the day, New Yorkers need a mayor who understands the problems they face, brings a smart plan and good people to the table, and, more than anything, has the independence, courage and conviction to do the right thing.
Sal Albanese
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I've always felt that my life's been at the right place at the right time; I feel like there's been some really dull moments, really high moments, really low moments, but it's always felt like everything's moved in the right direction; it always feels great, and everything feels right.
Olly Murs
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There've been many a season where I couldn't get work, and I think that you learn character development and you learn how to really want what you do in life when you can't really do it.
Anthony Michael Hall
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People know more about baseball players' contracts than they do about the policies that govern the fate of our children's lives in twenty years. Think about it. People used to say, the whole time I was growing up, 'Do you want to bring a child into this world?' That's pretty dire.
Jackson Browne
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As an actor, you come in contact with so many different people and cultures. It makes you a more accepting person.
Taylor Spreitler
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I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do.
Malcolm McDowell
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The fluctuations of certainty, the change Of degrees of perception in the scholar’s dark.
Wallace Stevens
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A good poem looks life straight in the face, unflinching, sincere, equal to revelation through loss or gain.
David Whyte