David Whyte Quotes

Things have a way of being richer in the end, a product better made, for the circuitous route we take to include all the elements that are necessary for a job well done.

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• I love working with people and having them bring something to the table that I couldn't. I think one of my favourite artists to work with has been Kucka. She's Australian, too, and it's great working with her because we kind of have a very similar take on music, and we like a lot of the same stuff. We're not super-precious about ideas.

  

  Flume
  • People
  • Work
  • Great

• There is no finer sonic-producing weapon for a guitar slayer than a hand crafter Gibson masterpiece.

  

  Ted Nugent
  • Hand
  • Guitar
  • Masterpiece

• Elves are cool, man.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Man
  • Cool
  • Elves

• Although the pineapple had been widely disseminated for centuries among the native peoples of South and Central America, it didn't figure in European history until 1493.

  

  Kate Christensen
  • America
  • History
  • Figure

• I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.

  

  Harrison Birtwistle
  • Music
  • Knew
  • Wrote

• Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.

  

  Dan Quayle
  • Think
  • Space
  • Matter

• If we do a little bit of insight into history, how many times have there been people doing hate discourse, blaming everything on a certain group of people. That really is the genesis of genocide, where it kind of sparks.

  

  Gael Garcia Bernal
  • People
  • History
  • Hate

• My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.

  

  Dan Gable
  • People
  • Stay
  • Valleys

• Reddit strives to be a community-oriented link-sharing and news site, which means that all our content is submitted and voted on by members of our community. We don't interfere with that process at all, either in an editorial or curation capacity.

  

  Yishan Wong
  • Community
  • Process
  • News

• I'm just totally into being strong. There's something about wanting to get a jar or whatever out of a high cupboard, or moving a sofa over because my dog's bone rolled under it, and not having to call anyone for help. There's comfort in that.

  

  Maggie Q
  • Help
  • High
  • Strong

• I am not surprised that other gases may participate in cellular signaling and regulation. Our early work with nitric oxide was just the beginning. I'm sure more will be discovered.

  

  Ferid Murad
  • Work
  • Regulation
  • Gases

• I don't think the economy telegraphs very clearly where it's going.

  

  Edmund Phelps
  • Think
  • Economy
  • Where

• With the Lincoln assassination, the South didn't feel it could mourn along with the North. But Garfield was beloved by all the American people. He was trusted and respected by North and South, by freed slaves and former slave owners. Also by pioneers, which his parents had been, and by immigrants.

  

  Candice Millard
  • People
  • American
  • Parents

• If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.

  

  Adam DeVine
  • Life
  • Trying
  • Hate

• Achievements are precious and timeless, just like the precious metal platinum. And what better way to celebrate milestones in your life than with precious platinum.

  

  Vijender Singh
  • Life
  • Better
  • Celebrate

• I should have liked to get married, but over many decades I have lived essentially alone. I go to sleep when I'm tired, get up when I wake up, have my food prepared when I'm hungry. I can't bear the thought that I'd have to coincide, make an effort.

  

  Felix Dennis
  • Up
  • Food
  • Alone

• I'm so tired of men who are afraid to hurt women's feelings.

  

  Sam Kinison
  • Men
  • Women
  • Hurt

• I write about modern people who share a deep sense of connection to the mysteries of the past. I find that I understand myself and my world better when I'm able to peer into history as a mirror.

  

  Ian Caldwell
  • People
  • World
  • History

• I felt so free in space, flying around and unrestrained by any social relationships, but my life since has changed a lot. Now I am extra-careful about what I say and do because everyone recognises me.

  

  Yi So-Yeon
  • Life
  • Free
  • Space

• Once you open up the Pandora's box of race and gender... you're never done.

  

  Kara Walker
  • Up
  • Done
  • Race

• Well, honey, I had the million dollar houses, I had the car, I had the horse, I had the barn; I had everything. Was I set free? I didn't even know what that meant.

  

  Taylor Dayne
  • Free
  • Car
  • Horse

• In Turkey, we have lived almost everything that could be lived; war and torture... The war concept was consumed to its limits. But there is only one way we have not tried: negotiations, peace, and talking.

  

  Osman Baydemir
  • War
  • Peace
  • Limits

• Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.

  

  Ben Hogan
  • Winning
  • Golf

• Things have a way of being richer in the end, a product better made, for the circuitous route we take to include all the elements that are necessary for a job well done.

  

  David Whyte
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