Derek Walcott Quotes

A noun is not a name you give something. It is something you watch becoming itself, and you have to have the patience to find out what it is.

Derek Walcott

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• At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.

  

  Baz Luhrmann
  • Age
  • Young
  • Very

• I have fabulous children.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • Children
  • Fabulous

• When a salesperson truly cares about you, trust forms, and you're more likely to buy, come back for repeat business, and refer new customers.

  

  Adam Grant
  • Business
  • You
  • Trust

• The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without exceptions, of course, but more than we ought to be comfortable with.

  

  J. Irwin Miller
  • Money
  • Personal
  • Manners

• I don't like to be out of my comfort zone, which is about a half an inch wide.

  

  Larry David
  • Like
  • Comfort
  • Comfort Zone

• Being grown up and in a serious relationship, I've learned so much. I'm happier than I've every been.

  

  Paris Hilton
  • Up
  • Relationship
  • Serious

• You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.'

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • People
  • Know
  • Always

• Well, it was one of my most gratifying experiences because I could devote my knowledge and my talent for the good for the City of Washington, and all the Federal projects where the Fine Arts Commission had jurisdiction, and it was a tremendous experience.

  

  Felix de Weldon
  • Good
  • Experience
  • Knowledge

• Other actors are not my concern, and that's their life and that's their journey. Everybody has to get to a point in their own time and their own way.

  

  Zachary Quinto
  • Life
  • Time
  • Journey

• Getting hit on by both genders is such a champagne problem.

  

  Naya Rivera
  • Problem
  • Champagne
  • Both

• Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • May
  • Christmas
  • Birds

• Most of the people who live in Washington come from other places and you can learn something from them.

  

  Sally Quinn
  • People
  • Live
  • Learn

• I was always into fashion because my mom has always been interested in fashion. She majored in fashion merchandising in college, and it's always been something we have in common.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • She
  • College
  • Fashion

• I write 1,000-1,500 words. The next day, I rewrite it and add 1,000-1,500 words to the end of it.

  

  Patrick Ness
  • Words
  • Day
  • End

• English fiction was something I loved growing up, and it changed my life - it changed the trajectory of my life.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • Life
  • Up
  • Growing

• When it starts to seem like you have popped into bed with a specific party, it makes it difficult for people to believe you are not doing someone else's bidding for them.

  

  Rachel Maddow
  • People
  • Believe
  • Party

• I started doing all kinds of weird stuff on the guitar, which became part of my playing. I started doing harmonics and tapping on the guitar and pulling off strings and doing all this weird stuff that no one had ever done before.

  

  Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
  • Done
  • Weird
  • Doing

• We have a 25-year head start for the stories of 'Scorpion.' By the time we get to Season Two and Three, the stuff that happened because of Season One will actually fuel Season Three. So it'll become a self-sustainable show.

  

  Walter O'Brien
  • Time
  • Start
  • Season

• I don't care if I was a ditch-digger at a dollar a day, I'd want to do my job better than the fellow next to me. I'd want to be the best at whatever I do.

  

  Branch Rickey
  • Job

• I can't keep secrets for crap.

  

  Brett Eldredge

• Being able to allow people to be who they are without trying to change them is important.

  

  Tina Weymouth
  • Important
  • Trying

• Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

  

  Jean de La Fontaine
  • Time
  • Passion
  • Patience

• He (William Howard Taft) had little patience with the unconscious arrogance of conscious wealth and financial success.

  

  Doris Kearns Goodwin
  • Success
  • Financial
  • Patience

• A noun is not a name you give something. It is something you watch becoming itself, and you have to have the patience to find out what it is.

  

  Derek Walcott
  • Patience